Authorities in Uttarakhand on Wednesday prolonged the demolition train in Joshimath to unsafe personal buildings and issued orders to pull down two homes apart from a PWD visitor home close to the primary market.

In Delhi, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami sought to allay fears, saying 65-70 per cent individuals in Joshimath, the place cracks appeared in buildings and different buildings, are main a traditional life and the Char Dham Yatra will begin in 4 months.

After assembly Union Home Minister Amit Shah, whom he briefed concerning the prevailing scenario in Joshimath, Dhami stated there isn’t a want for panic due to the Joshimath scenario and other people from different components of the nation mustn’t remark about it.

“65-70 per cent individuals in Joshimath live a traditional life. In close by Auli, which is a vacationer attraction, every part is happening usually. Tourists are nonetheless visiting Auli,” Dhami told reporters here.

He said the Char Dham Yatra, one of the renowned pilgrimage for the Hindus which takes pilgrims to four holiest sites, including Kedarnath and Badrinath via Joshimath, will start in next four months. He also said the Centre has assured all assistance to deal with the current situation arising out in the hill station.

Meanwhile, the two private houses to be demolished are located in Manoharbagh which falls under ward no 5 of Joshimath municipal area. The owners have given their consent for the demolition in writing. The PWD dak bungalow was constructed after 1976.

These buildings had been declared unsafe by the Central Building Research Institute which is the nodal agency for the exercise.

The orders for demolition were issued by Chamoli District Magistrate Himanshu Khurana.

Before this orders for the demolition of two hotels, Malari Inn and Mount View were issued and their scientific dismantling under CBRI supervision is underway.

Amid rising concerns over subsidence-hit Joshimath, authorities are worried about a different matter – where to keep the riches of Badrinath safeguarded at Narsingh temple.

Though authorities claim the temple is secure as of now, they have begun looking for alternative locations nearby where the riches containing a huge quantity gold and silver besides other offerings can be kept in case the situation in the town worsens further.

The worst-hit Singdhar ward and JP colony are located at an aerial distance of just half a kilometre from Narsingh temple adding to the worries of authorities.

Lord Vishnu, the presiding deity of Badrinath is worshipped at Narsingh temple in Joshimath after the portals of the Himalayan temple are closed for winter.

The riches of Badrinath are also brought down to the Narsingh temple during winter.

“There are no cracks yet in the Narsingh temple and its premises. But as a precautionary step we have made an alternative plan as to where to shift the riches if it becomes inevitable,” Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee chairman Ajendra Ajay advised PTI.

“We have explored the choice places and located a visitor home in Pipalkoti most applicable for the aim,” Ajay said.

“Some people have also suggested a location in Pandukeshwar,” he stated.

“However, there isn’t a want as but to shift the riches wherever. We pray to the lord that such an eventuality doesn’t come up,” he stated.

In Dehradun, the National Institute of Hydrology said the profiles of water samples taken from JP colony in Joshimath and NTPC project site are different.

Citing a preliminary report of the National Institute of Hydrology (NIH) which studied the water samples of the two places, Secretary Disaster Management Ranjit Kumar Sinha said, “However, as I said, it is just a preliminary report from which no conclusion should be drawn.”

The NIH’s remark is critical because it comes amid widespread allegations that the disaster in Joshimath was attributable to the NTPC’s Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel mission and the underground channel burst on January 2 from which water has been flowing continually was additionally a results of it.

Meanwhile, Chief Secretary S S Sandhu requested the central technical establishments conducting separate research of land-subsidence in Joshimath to additional squeeze the timeline for the submission of their reviews because it was a problem of nationwide precedence.

The totally different establishments had been requested to share their reviews with one another and reconcile them earlier than their submission in order that there isn’t a incoherence, Sinha stated.

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