DEHRADUN: A ground survey by a committee of 4 professionals from state-run Sri Dev Suman Uttarakhand University has actually exposed that Joshimath has fractures up to 2 feet wide and half-a-km long .

This is the very first time that government authorities have openly divulged the measurements of the fractures, therefore revealing the vulnerability of the area.The committee was formed by the university to examine the ground circumstance , and the specialists had studied the fissures in between January 25 and 28.

The panel members sent the report to university vice-chancellor M S Rawat on Tuesday.

It will now be forwarded to the Uttarakhand federal government.

The panel included D C Goswami, teacher of location; Krishna Goswami and Arvind Bhatt, assistant professors of geology.

In Manohar Baag, the cracks were as wide as 2 feet, enough for a person to stand inside one, and extended till 300m in open areas and up to half-a-km in areas where there are buildings, said Shrikrishna Nautiyal, another panel member who is a geologist.

This specific area remains in the heart of Joshimath town near the ropeway.

It was filled however when we investigated the site, the fractures had come back.

Sharing a few of its findings, the committee members said that natural and anthropogenic pressure, including NTPCs tunnel boring maker, led to a large amount of water leakage .

NTPC has actually highly refuted its function in the crisis.The panel even more said that this years monsoon rainfall would play a crucial function in determining the future of Joshimath.

It is the load bearing capacity of the town that requires to be minimized.

The area is formed of loose unconsolidated glacial material over a 40-degree slope.

Any sort of pressure on this landscape would just result in additional subsidence, they added.The specialists explained, Actually, there are 2 aspects here.

Joshimath remains in a tectonically active seismic zone.

And anthropogenic pressures by personal and government building and construction works have actually activated the present situation.

WatchFresh cracks appear on Joshimath-Marwari road on Badrinath Highway