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The Uttarakhand Government on Thursday informed the Delhi High Court that the Supreme Court is already seized of the matter. In addition to this, it was also submitted that the National Disaster Response Force has been deployed in the concerned area.

Uttarakhand government informed the Delhi High Court on Thursday that the affected areas in Joshimath were being handled by the National and State Disaster Response Forces (SDRF).This comes after a plea was moved to the HC requesting that the ...

The protestors have sought higher compensation for residents affected by the sinking of the land and have opposed demolition work.

The tests are expected to continue for two weeks, and the collated data would then be analysed to ascertain the reason for the sinking of the ground there

The Uttarakhand government on Thursday informed the Delhi High Court that the Centre and State government are taking all possible steps with regard to the Joshimath land subsidence crisis, including deployment of NDRF teams and providing rehabilitation packages to the affected people.

India began demolishing unsafe buildings in a northern Himalayan town where hundreds of structures have developed cracks following an apparent sinking of land, a senior district official said on Thursday.



A 19-member committee was formed for the distribution of interim package amount among affected families.

The crisis in Joshimath has brought into focus the issue of land subsidence which has for years been threatening several places of Uttarakhand, including the pilgrim town of Karnaprayag and Landour.

Around 80 km from Joshimath, at least 50 houses at Bahuguna Nagar in Karnaprayag have been developing cracks since 2015

Demolition of hotels got underway in the evening following an agreement between administration and hotel owners who had stalled the exercise for last two days demanding compensation