Joshimath: Damaged hotels, houses were demolished today. latest updates

 

• A team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is ready to assist the district administration in the demolition work, if required

Joshimath authorities said on Tuesday that they would start demolishing hotels and houses in the holy city that had developed cracks due to the landslide. All residents have been safely evacuated from 'unsafe' areas. The demolition work will begin under the supervision of a team of experts from the Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee.

A team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is ready to assist the district administration in the demolition work if required.

Here are the latest updates on this big story:

Officials said that 1) Hotel Malari Inn and Mount View, which have developed more cracks, will be demolished on Tuesday.

2) The areas where the buildings will be demolished have been vacated after being declared 'unsafe areas' by the administration.

Uttarakhand | The demolition work of Hotel Malari Inn in Joshimath will start soon. SDRF has been deployed on the spot and announcements are being made through loudspeakers for people to move to safer places.

Experts decide to demolish Hotel Malari Inn and Hotel Mount View after they were declared unsafe

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3) If it is being broken in public interest then I am with the government and administration even if my hotel has only partial cracks. But I should have been given notice and appraised. I request for evaluation, I will leave: Thakur Singh Rana, owner of Malari Inn told ANI.

4) Of the two hotels, Malari Inn will be demolished today in a phased manner. First the top part will be broken. This is being done because the submergence has bent both the hotels and come very close to each other: Manikant Mishra, Commandant, SDRF

5) "Under Joshimath city area, 213 rooms have been identified as provisionally habitable, with a capacity estimated at 1191. Also, 491 rooms/halls have been identified at Pipalkoti outside Joshimath area with a combined capacity of 2,205." has been done," according to the bulletin issued by the District Disaster Management Authority Chamoli

6) Officials from the Ministry of Home Affairs and the National Disaster Management Authority underlined the need to locate the location of underground water reservoirs in the sub-region.

7) The accumulation of water under the ground in the affected area is believed to be in Joshimath but the source of the water is yet to be ascertained.

8) The Chief Minister told the central team that Joshimath is an important town from cultural, religious and strategic point of view and its restoration would require integrated efforts.