1.87 cr relief provided to 125 affected families in Joshimath Uttarakhand govt

In Joshimath, Uttarakhand, 125 afflicted households have received a total of 1.87 crore.

Ranjit Kumar Sinha, secretary of disaster management, stated on Saturday during a press conference on the Joshimath crisis that the Uttarakhand government had granted over 1.87 crore in interim relief to 125 affected households in Joshimath.

"At the rate of 5000 per family, under the relief mon ey being disbursed to the affected, a total of 73 households (totaling 3.65 lakh) were provided with the same." The media was told by Sinha that "an sum of 13 lakh was also provided to 10 affected families for critically or fully destroyed dwellings."

The assistance in designing and constructing prefabricated structures on the safe soil was needed, Sinha added as the demolition work in the land subsidence settlement advanced.

by the Central Building Research Institute was also being expanded to include those who were impacted (CBRI).

The district government has also planned bonfires at 10 locations inside the Joshimath municipality due to the cold wave conditions. He said, "Heaters were also set up in the relief camps."

Pipalkoti has 491 rooms with a capacity to house 2205 people, whereas Joshimath has a total of 615 rooms with a capacity to house 2190 people.

The advisory sent by the state administration on Saturday night states that there are now 782 homes with cracks, with 148 of them being deemed "totally dangerous."

223 households have already been relocated to safer areas, with 40 families moving on Saturday. 754 individuals in all were relocated to safer places and camps for refugees.