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The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the petitioner requesting the Centre to establish a high-powered joint committee to investigate the Joshimath crisis in Uttarakhand to see if any similar plea has been moved in the Supreme Court as well.A ...

The Uttarakhand government has declared all nine wards of the Chamoli district town "a land subsidence zone" and thus, unsafe for living.

As the land subsidence and cracks in houses increase in Joshimath, the Uttarakhand government ramps up continuous health checkups for those affected in the Joshimath subsidence, informed officials on Monday.

The evacuation was a result of growing fear after a temple collapsed, in addition to the cracks that appeared in hundreds of houses in the Indian Himalayan town of Joshimath.

Chamoli District Magistrate Himanshu Khurana on Monday said the Joshimath area of Uttarakhand has been declared disaster-prone, with the increasing land subsidence and cracks detected.

Stressing that every minute is important, Uttarakhand Chief Secretary S.S. Sandhu on Monday directed immediate evacuation of people from the affected zone in Joshimath, which is facing land susidence.Earlier, a bulletin from the Disaster ...

Joshimath has been classified a 'sinking zone' due to ongoing soil subsidence, with numerous buildings and roads developing cracks in recent days, forcing inhabitants outside and causing dread.

Chamoli district administration has started evacuating its government building located in Joshimath after cracks appeared in it. At the same time, PM Modi held a high-level meeting with experts on this issue, after which the central agencies seem to be becoming active. According to the information received so far, the Central Government has deployed one team of NDRF and four teams of SDRF in Joshimath city.

Editorial: Wages of reckless development

Hundreds moved to shelters after buildings in the Himalayan town popular with pilgrims and tourists develop cracks.