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The victims of land subsidence and resultant damage to houses in 17 villages around \u00a0Tehri Lake following rise in water level of the lake in 2010-11 have not been rehabilitated. After a geological survey 415 affected families were identified and the process of rehabilitation started in 2021. In the meanwhile, 214 families have only been rehabilitated.<\/p>\n
Many villages in Rudraprayag district \u00a0are also facing the same fate. With the situation in Joshimath becoming grave with each passing day and similar reports pouring in from many parts of the state, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, has ordered technical survey of all the hill towns and cities. He announced that technical and scientific survey of all the towns and cities of hills would be done to know the bearing capacity of these towns and cities and construction activities would be banned if these cross the limits.<\/p>\n
Ten shops and Six houses in Dharchula town of Pithoragarh district on Indo-Nepal border were hit by huge landslides from Aildhara hills overlooking the town in August-Sepetmber 2021 . Apart from landslides, the residents of Dharchula are alsofearing flash floods if the flood protection wall along river kali which forms border between India and Nepal is not constructed before monsoon rains. The state government has identified 465 villages for relocation till 2021, however, only 1100 families in 44 villages have been relocated.<\/p>\n
Bageshwar<\/p>\n
The people of Kharbagad village of Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district who had been facing threat from subsidence blame it on a tunnel of a hydro-electric project in their area.<\/p>\n
Kharbagad village of Badet Gram Panchayat comprising of two hamlet namely \u00a0\u2018Palla Khar\u2019 and \u00a0\u201cValla Khar\u201d have 40 families. A hill near Palla Khar had cracked in the year 2013 disaster. Now every year during monsoon period there is danger\u00a0 of further subsidence of earth since water is seeping in. During the monsoon, the villagers even leave the village for the safety of their lives.<\/p>\n \u201cThe names of the affected families from Kharbagad village are included in the rehabilitation list and the condition of the village will be reviewed soon after inspecting it,\u201d said Anuradha Pal, District Magistrate, Bageshwar.<\/p>\n The hydroelectric project started in the year 2013, from the same year the area has came under threat. The danger has increased after the tunnel was made by cutting the hill. \u201c Nearly a 3,000 people are in possible danger,\u201d said Harish Aithani, a former District Panchayat, President, Bageshwar.<\/p>\n After facing the calamity of 2013, the villagers are waiting for the help of the administration. \u201cIf Badet, Khaibagad, Timila Bagad and Kanuti areas are not taken care of immediately, then no one can stop the situation from getting worse,\u201d Vandana Aithani, District Panchayat Member, Badet, Bageshwar.<\/p>\n ( with inputs from Prem Prakash Upadhyay. Bageshwar )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Many towns and villages face uncertain future due to subsidence, landslides S.M.A.KAZMI Dehradun, Jan 17 The rapid subsidence of Joshimath has again brought to the fore the uncertain future and possible ruin faced by many of the towns and even villages due to problems of subsidence and landslides. After the tragedy of Joshimath, people suffering …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,78,92,91,59],"tags":[951,998,997,101,479,703],"class_list":["post-2934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-environment","category-featured","category-national","category-uttarakhand","tag-joshimath","tag-karanprayag","tag-land-subsidence-in-uttarakhand","tag-mussoorie","tag-nainital","tag-uttarkashi"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Bageshwar.png\")