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The lives of 40 Indian laborers, who have been trapped in a tunnel for more than 72 hours, hang in the balance as authorities try to rescue them.
A major calamity struck the Himalayan town of Joshimath, when a rapid subsidence event led to cracks in houses, forcing evacuation. The 1976 Mishra committee report had warned about the disaster and suggested remedial measures
KATHMANDU, June 20: To stop migration and bring about balance in regional development, the government launched a plan to build new towns at 10 places touched by the mid-hill highway 12 years ago. Later, the number of such new cities was added. Currently, the number of such towns has reached 54, but the government has not allocated an adequate budget for the development of these towns.
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.