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For the last three days crack meters installed shows no increase in the width of the cracks in buildings
Chief Minister held a meeting with the Chief Secretary, Additional Chief Secretary Finance, Urban Development, Secretary Disaster Management regarding relief works in Joshimath
*Chief Minister was updated about the status of the work done by various central govt. and state govt. technical institutions. He instructed that the disaster management work should be done with full promptness.
*Chief Minister assured of no shortage of funds for disaster management and relief work in Joshimath.*
*Instructions to Urban Development Department for preparation of effective urban town planning in each district has been passed. Also Instructions for effective arrangement of drainage and sewer system in hilly cities were also given*
*Chamoli district administration is promptly conducting survey work in Joshimath and holding consultations with the affected people.*
Secretary Disaster Management Dr. Ranjit Kumar Sinha on Thursday briefed media about the various kind of work being done in disater affected Joshimath town area. He informed that the crack meters installed by CBRI to measure the cracks in the buildings have indicated no increase in the width of the cracks in the last three days. This is a positive sign. Dr. Sinha informed that today Chief Minister Mr. Pushkar Singh Dhami held a meeting with Chief Secretary, Additional Chief Secretary Finance, Urban Development, Secretary Disaster Management regarding ongoing relief works in Joshimath. The Honorable Chief Minister was updated about the status of the work done by various central govt. and state govt. technical institutions. He instructed that the disaster management work should be done with full promptness. He said that there will be no shortage of funds in the works of disaster management in Joshimath. In the meeting, the Urban Development Department was instructed to prepare effective urban town planning in each district. Instructions have also been given for effective arrangement of drainage and sewer system in hill towns.
Dr. Sinha while addressing the media said that Chamoli district administration is carrying out survey work in Joshimath promptly. The district administration is also holding consultations with the displaced. He informed that currently discharge of water in Joshimath is 150 LPM. In the temporarily identified relief camps, Joshimath has a total of 615 rooms with a capacity of 2190 people and Pipalkoti has 491 rooms with a capacity of 2205 people. Till now cracks have been noticed in 849 buildings. The survey work is in progress. He informed that 01 area/ward has been declared unsafe in Gandhinagar, 02 in Singhdhar, 05 in Manoharbagh, 07 in Sunil. Building 181 is located in an unsafe area. 259 families have been temporarily displaced in view of security. The number of displaced family members is 867.
Additional Secretary Disaster Management, Director Uttarakhand Landslide Management and Mitigation Institute, Director Wadia Institute, Director IIRS Dehradun, Director NIH and Director IITR were present in the press conference.