DEHRADUN: Following an Uttarakhand cabinet meeting, chief secretary SS Sandhu stated on Friday that 8 institutes are studying the factors behind land subsidence in Joshimath and the role of NTPCs Tapovan-Vishnugad job is consisted of in their probe.

Sandhu included: We will act upon the basis of the report.

All work at the NTPC tunnel is closed till further orders.

The cabinet announced a variety of procedures for the afflicted households, consisting of a day-to-day food allowance and a six-month waiver on power and water expenses starting November 2022 .

Joshimath crisis natural disaster, not man-made, says CM DhamiOver the past 24 hours, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami has said it two times that the Joshimath land subsidence concern is a natural disaster and not triggered by anybody .

He stated this in Joshimath on Thursday and repeated it on Friday before the start of the cabinet conference in Dehradun.Everybody must believe that Joshimath will be saved: Uttarakhand CM DhamiChief secretary SS Sandhu toed the line.

The report which we have up until now with us mentions that Joshimath is located on the remains of a landslide mass, and a hard rock surface under the base of the town is missing.

The foundation of the town is weak and the soil on which these homes have actually been built is extremely loose.

We have actually been resolving it as a natural disaster and not manufactured.

Cities which are based on hard rocks do not face such issues.

As for other reasons, our teams of specialists are probing the issue, Sandhu stated on Friday.Sandhu further stated that the Joshimath concern was likewise highlighted in the 1976 Mishra committee report.

Water comes from nature.

Our institutes are trying to find out where the water is coming from, he further added.Meanwhile, social activists and regional ecologists pointed out that the federal governments position would suggest diverting blame from relentless building in the area that might have in fact worsened the circumstance.

Padma Bhushan recipient and kept in mind environmentalist Anil Joshi was of the view that any building and construction beyond the height of 1,000 metres should be taken very seriously and authorized only after a thorough study.

Joshimath land subsidence: Hotel owners family demands compensationOpposition party members caught the federal governments classification of the Joshimath sinking.

Congress state system primary Karan Mahara, informed TOI: Nature was giving signals considering that 2021 but the BJP government was sleeping over the issue.

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