KARNAPRAYAG/ JOSHIMATH: Located 82km southwest of Joshimath in Chamoli district, parts of Karnaprayag-- one of the panch prayags of Alaknanda, located at the confluence of the river and Pindar-- are sinking too.
As in Joshimath, some homes here have actually developed major fissures and others have become livable, requiring more than a dozen families to invest nights in the community councils shelter in bone-chilling cold.
A TOI team went to Bahuguna Nagar, nearby to main mandi (market) on the Badrinath highway, and discovered that over two lots homes revealed deep cracks, the roofings of a couple hanging precariously.Gabbar Singh Rawat, 85, a retired Army guy who has actually been residing in the town given that 1975, said, My home is on the edge of collapse.
Columns supporting it have started to bend.
The issue aggravated after the rains in 2015.
The octogenarian added that he was promised Rs 14 lakh as settlement but I have not received a single penny .
He stated, My entire household goes to the shelter to invest the night and returns in the morning.
I remain here alone in the dark.
I will leave my house only when I pass away.
Around 150 metres of a roadway stretch on the main Badrinath highway is dealing with continuous land subsidence and residents claimed that widespread building activity, hill-cutting work for the Char Dham road job and population pressure have made complex an already difficult situation .
Municipal council member Harendra Bisht stated, All the rooms in my home have cracks and the entire structure is sinking.
The issue got worse July 2022 onwards.
Retired supply inspector Bhagwati Prashad Sati, 73, included that the use of heavy machinery to cut rocks made the stretch of Bahuguna Nagar unsteady .
Bhagwati added: See my home.
It looks like an earthquake damaged it.
I feel numerous houses will collapse by the coming monsoon.
TOI has actually learnt that almost half a lots families have voluntarily abandoned their homes in Karnaprayag and shifted to lodgings on rent.
Families that might afford to move out and take a place on rent have abandoned their homes.
The others who could not are hanging on by a thread of hope, the community council member added.Meanwhile, a 50 metre-stretch of the roadway in Landour market, Mussoorie, has also developed cracks which are gradually widening.
Locals said that the structures on the roadside are likewise sinking and a number of others have fractures, positioning serious threats for homeowners and shopkeepers.Locals stated that though a part of the road was slowly sinking for the previous couple of years, worryingly, deep fractures have appeared on a portion and stores adjoining it in the last few months.President of traders association, Rajat Aggarwal, stated: These fractures have actually appeared in the Landour market near hotel Nishima.
A temple and a course leading up to Kohinoor building have also been affected.
Cabinet minister Ganesh Joshi visited Landour on Tuesday and provided directions for a geological study to be carried out.
(With inputs from Anmol Jain)WatchAnother Joshimath in making? Cracks appear in homes in Uttarakhands Karnprayag
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