The State Government has decided to permanently rehabilitate 130 Joshimath-affected families at Pipalkoti the new Joshimath. The affected had not shown interest in temporary rehabilitation. In Joshimath, more than 850 affected families have been lodged in relief camps.

Dehradun, Jagran Correspondent: The state government has decided to permanently rehabilitate 130 Joshimath-affected families in Pipalkoti. The affected had not shown interest in temporary rehabilitation. In Joshimath, more than 850 affected families have been lodged in relief camps. The process of moving families from unsafe buildings to safer places is going on. Due to cracks, the process of demolishing 15 buildings of Jaypee Colony has been started.

Deadline set for investigative agencies

Eight agencies, including IIT Roorkee, CBRI, Wadia Institute of Geology, and GSI, are engaged in the study to find out the causes of landslides in Joshimath and decide the course of treatment. On Tuesday, the state government fixed the deadline for the investigation report of all these. The government has taken this step to reach a conclusion regarding the future of Joshimath. 

The land of the Joshimath area is becoming sensitive due to environmental reasons

At present, the challenge of deciding the direction of the Joshimath area due to landslides is in front. If we look at history, it comes to the fore that this whole area faced a big tragedy in the year 1970. Effects and causes of this tragedy, Director of Uttarakhand Space Applications Center (USAC), Prof. MPS Bisht has stated in his Ph.D. 

According to the facts of the Ph.D. completed between the year 1985 to 1991, the vulnerability of land in the Joshimath area is responsible for external reasons as well as major internal reasons. The historic Seismic Fault Main Central Thrust is also passing through here. Here geological movements affect the surface of the land.