Rate of land subsidence doubled in Joshimath, Report

&NewLine;<p>March 01&comma; 2023 – SDC Foundation has released the January Uttarakhand Disaster and Accident Synopsis &lpar;UDAS&rpar; report&period; Quoting scientists from the Wadia Institute of Geology&comma; Dehradun&comma; Udas reports that the rate of land subsidence has doubled in Joshimath&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>According to the report&comma; there was no major disaster or accident in the state except Joshimath&&num;8217&semi;s math in January&comma; in which there was a loss of life and property on a single day or at a particular time&period; However&comma; in the report&comma; incidents of land subsidence have also been mentioned in Karnprayag of Chamoli district&comma; Atali village of Tehri&comma; etc&period; Apart from this&comma; earthquake tremors and avalanches in the Chamoli district have also been mentioned in this report&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A sad report by environmentalist Prof&period; Quoting Ravi Chopra says there are enough reasons to believe that the tunnel is the main reason for the landslide in Joshimath&period; However&comma; according to Foundation President Anoop Nautiyal&comma; the purpose of the Uttarakhand Disaster and Accident Synopsis &lpar;UDAS&rpar; report is documentation of major disasters and accidents in the state throughout the month&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;wildhawk&period;in&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;03&sol;jm2-1024x579&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-5821"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>On the other hand&comma; the land has been selected for permanently rehabilitating the landslide-affected Joshimath families&period; The affected will be shifted to the designated land between Gauchar and Joshimath&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>For this&comma; 40 to 50 hectares of land have been selected&period; However&comma; where this land has been identified&comma; the government has yet to disclose it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;wildhawk&period;in&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;03&sol;jm3-1024x572&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-5820"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In Joshimath&comma; cracks have appeared in 863 buildings in landslide-affected Gandhinagar&comma; Singhdhar&comma; Manoharbagh&comma; and Sunil wards&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;wildhawk&period;in&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;03&sol;jm4-1024x565&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-5819"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Of these&comma; 181 buildings have been declared entirely unsafe&period; The district administration has displaced 920 members of 253 families in the vulnerable area to temporary camps&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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