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Jammu & Kashmir: One House Collapses, Several Develop Cracks In J&K라이브 바카라 Doda, Villagers Fear Another Joshimath In Making

A team of the Geological Survey of India (GSI) is studying Doda라이브 바카라 affected Thathri village and the cause of the cracks can only be ascertained after the GSI submits its report, say officials. However, villagers say the road-construction in the area below their village is responsible for the calamity in their village.

Thathri village in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district
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Weeks after cracks began developing across Uttarakhand라이브 바카라 Joshimath, the Thathri village in Jammu and Kashmir라이브 바카라 Doda district has also developed cracks and villagers fear that another Joshimath is in the making around them.바카라 웹사이트

The Thathri village is situated on a slope and panicked residents of the Nayi Basti area of the village —which is affected by cracks— say it라이브 바카라 becoming uninhabitable. They have started moving to safer locations. They have also requested the J&K administration for alternative land allotment.바카라 웹사이트

A local teacher told reporters that his three-storey house developed cracks and all the residents fled in panic. 바카라 웹사이트

“We need alternative land allotment at some safer place. I don’t think anyone among us can go back to the village,” said the teacher.바카라 웹사이트

A total of 21 buildings have developed cracks in Thathri and one of them collapsed, according to a media report on Saturday. Visuals of the house collapsing completely have surfaced on the internet.바카라 웹사이트

First reported in December바카라 웹사이트

The first information about a house developing cracks in Doda라이브 바카라 Thathri was received in December, according to officials. They said three more houses started developing cracks earlier this week and around 20 houses were impacted by Thursday.바카라 웹사이트

Government officials say the village is in a danger zone now and all residents have moved out of the village.바카라 웹사이트

“This kind of mass sinking has been seen for the first time in the region,” said a senior official.바카라 웹사이트

Geological survey being conducted

Officials said they are monitoring the situation and the Geological Survey of India라이브 바카라 (GSI) team is examining the area. Officials added they will be able to comment on the reasons for the sinking after receiving GSI라이브 바카라 report.

There were 100 families living in the village and most of them have now shifted to safer locations. The J&K administration has constructed makeshift tin sheds for villagers but the villagers say they need alternative land to live in.

Former J&K Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad tweeted, “Sinking of land at Thathri in Doda district is a grave issue affecting dozens of families and their properties. I urge LG Manoj Sinha ji to relocate the families and provide them adequate compensation. The issue needs immediate attention on your part.”

While the officials say the exact cause of subsidence would be known only after the experts of the GSI present their report, locals were seen blaming road construction beneath the village. Villager Altaf Ahmad Bhat said it should be investigated who allowed the construction of the road beneath the village.바카라 웹사이트

However, SDM Thathri Athar Amin Zargar told 바카라 that the road-cutting in the area took place in June and is unlikely to have caused subsidence. He says it looks like the village was already in the slide-zone. He says if subsidence spreads towards the right or left side of the area, then it will engulf many more structures.

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