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Explained: How PSInSAR satellite technique helped detect Joshimath sinking

A Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) is a form of radar that is used to create two-dimensional images or three-dimensional reconstructions of objects, such as landscapes

Rs 1.5 lakh ex gratia for affected families in Joshimath, says U'khand CM

Earlier today, Dhami held a cabinet meeting in Dehradun in which key decisions for the area were discussed

Joshimath crisis: Demolition of houses, two hotels rendered unsafe begins

The Uttarakhand government has announced an amount of Rs 1.5 lakh per affected family

CM Dhami chairs meeting on Joshimath, assures support to affected families

'I have met with everyone and assured people that state administration is with the people of Joshimath. we will help everyone'

Demolition of Joshimath's 2 'unsafe' hotels underway, evacuation continues

A total of 169 families consisting of 589 members have so far been shifted to relief centres

Rehabilitate people from Joshimath, re-evaluate hydro projects: Experts

Uttarakhand's Joshimath is facing a catastrophe with houses developing cracks due to land subsidence

Home Minister Amit Shah holds meeting on Uttarakhand's Joshimath crisis

Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, BRO and NDRF officials also participated

Joshimath crisis: People will get the best compensation possible, says CM

Dhami said the interim assistance would reach the bank accounts of the families affected by this evening or Friday

G-20 working on Disaster Risk Reduction under India's presidency: Report

The G20 is all set to establish a new working group on Disaster Risk Reduction under the presidency of India. The group will work towards achieving disaster risk reduction goals

Committee formed for distributing aid to affected families in Joshimath

A 19-member committee, headed by Chamoli District Magistrate Himanshu Khurana, was formed on Wednesday for the distribution of the interim package amount among the affected families in subsidence-hit Joshimath town in Uttarakhand and ascertaining the rate of a rehabilitation package. The decision to form the committee, which consists of people's representatives from the area, was taken after a meeting chaired by the DM.

CSIR proposes disaster-resilient town for people displaced from Joshimath

The Central Building Research Institute (CBRI) has proposed to develop a disaster-resilient model town to rehabilitate people displaced from the sinking Uttarakhand town of Joshimath

Demolition drive halted in Joshimath, locals angry over poor compensation

While the cracks that have appeared in the buildings of Joshimath are widening, the administration has been facing the opposition of the affected people in the demolition drive

Locals protest over compensation ahead of Joshimath demolition drive

Renewed efforts were made by the administration on Wednesday to persuade hoteliers and locals refusing to allow the demolition of two precariously standing hotels in subsidence-hit Joshimath in Uttarakhand. A fresh round of talks was held between Secretary to the Chief Minister, Meenakshi Sundaram and the protesters who have been demanding compensation on the lines of Badrinath before the demolition exercise is undertaken. Hotels 'Malari Inn' and 'Mount View' are leaning towards each other dangerously, posing a threat to the human settlements around the structures. The Uttarakhand government had directed the razing of unstable structures on Monday, starting with these two buildings. Talking to reporters, the senior official clarified that only two hotels in Joshimath have to be dismantled and not the houses demarcated as unfit for living. "I want to clarify one thing. Only two hotels are to be dismantled. Demolition, though being used widely, is not the precise word in this context

Extreme weather events cause $270 bn loss worldwide in 2022: Report

The costliest natural disaster in 2022 was Hurricane Ian in the US, which caused losses of around $100 billion, Xinhua news agency cited the report as saying

16 people die in a barrage of severe winter storms in California: Report

At least 16 people have died in a barrage of severe winter storms in California as the most populous state in the US braces for more floods and mudslides

Joshimath, surrounding areas sink by 2.5 inch every year, finds study

Dehradun-based Indian Institute of Remote Sensing used satellite images collected between July 2020 and March 2022 to find that the entire region is gradually sinking

Insured losses hit $120 billion as extreme weather upends industry norms

Insured losses of more than $100 billion a year are the new normal. That's a major departure from industry norms of less than two decades ago

PMO holds high-level review meeting on situation in Uttarakhand's Joshimath

Central government agencies and experts are assisting Uttarakhand to prepare short, medium and long term plans to deal with the Joshimath situation, officials said on Sunday after the Prime Minister's Office held a high-level review meeting. One team of the National Disaster Response Force and four teams of the State Disaster Response Force have already reached Joshimath, where people are in alarm due to land subsidence and cracks have developed in hundreds of houses. Affected families are being shifted to safe locations, officials said. The Border Management secretary and members of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) will visit Uttarakhand on Monday and assess the situation A team of experts from NDMA, National Institute of Disaster Management, Geological Survey of India, IIT Roorkee, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, National Institute of Hydrology and Central Building Research Institute will study the situations and give recommendations, they said. During the

Some areas of Uttarakhand's Joshimath declared disaster-affected

Uttarakhand government declared some areas of Joshimath as disaster-affected areas, based on recommendations of the experts who had been surveying the houses to identify the causes of the landslides

Joshimath crisis: 11 more families moved to safe locations, say officials

Eleven more families in Joshimath were moved to safe locations on Saturday as the number of houses developing cracks in the sinking town rose to 603, officials said. The number of families who have so far been evacuated stands at 65 with another 11 moving to temporary relief camps on Saturday from houses that had developed cracks, Chamoli district disaster management officer N K Joshi said. Uttrakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami visited Joshimath on Saturday to assess the situation on the ground, a day after he directed immediate evacuation of around 600 affected families. The chief minister also visited houses in which huge cracks have appeared on the walls and ceilings.