Chamoli: Authorities at Joshimath have started demolishing hotels and houses in the holy town, which developed cracks in the wake of the landslide and subsidence.
Among them, two hotels – Mount View and Mallari Inn – will be razed in the first phase of demolition.
The demolition of buildings began under the supervision of a team of experts from the Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee. A team from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is on standby to assist the district administration in the demolition work, as and when required.
The residents in these areas, which were declared “unsafe zones” have been evacuated, they added.
Almost a week after cracks appeared in many roads and hundreds of houses of Joshimath, Uttarakhand, authorities on Sunday declared it a landslide and subsidence-hit zone.
The announcement came after a high-level meeting took place among the senior officials of the Central government, Uttarakhand state officials, and top officers from agencies including the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Geological Survey of India (GSI) and the National Institute of Hydrology (NIH).
As of Sunday, 68 families have been evacuated to temporary relief centres and around 90 more will be evacuated soon, according to officials. The Indian Express takes a look at what land subsidence is and what might have led to the incident in Joshimath.
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