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Central agencies and experts are assisting the Uttarakhand government to prepare plans and rescue teams are on standby after hundreds of buildings in Joshimath developed cracks due to shifting soil, sources told NDTV after the Prime Minister’s office reviewed the situation on Sunday.
The experts are preparing a short, medium and long term plan to deal with the crisis at hand, officials told NDTV.
For years, experts have warned that large-scale construction work, including hydropower projects, in and around Joshimath could lead to land subsidence – the sinking or settling of the ground surface.
A team of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and four teams of the state disaster force are stationed in Joshimath.
The affected families are being shifted to safe locations, NDTV has learnt.
Secretary Border Management and members of the National Disaster Management Authority or NDMA are to visit the state tomorrow and review the situation, sources told NDTV after the review meet by the PM’s office.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, who visited the affected areas today, held a meeting with officials after returning and asked them to relax norms to expedite relief operations.
The National Remote Sensing Centre, Hyderabad, and the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun, have been asked to conduct a study of Joshimath through satellite imagery and submit a detailed report with photographs.
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