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Researchers have found that many areas in Kuttanad have subsided by 20 cm to 30 cm after the 2018 floods.
MHA officials and the National Disaster Management Authority met Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday to assess the situation in Joshimath.
Officials said 13 more families living in houses with huge cracks were moved by the administration to safe locations on Sunday. The number of families evacuated to temporary relief centres now stands at 68.
A temple in the town collapsed on Friday and several houses, establishments and roads have developed cracks.
Thousands of residents of Banbhoolpura had protested the removal of encroachments, saying it will render them homeless and jeopardise the future of their schoolgoing children. The move will affect a large number of women, children and the elderly.
The Supreme Court will also hear a plea by Muslim body 'Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind' which it had allowed last year to become a party to the petitions as it claimed a large number of Muslims are being harassed under these laws across the country.
The police team from Moradabad in UP conducted the raid without informing the Uttarakhand police and were not in uniform.
Savita Kanswal had set a national record by climbing Mount Everest and Mount Makalu within a span of 15 days earlier this year.
There were more than 50 passengers on the bus. The rescue personnel had trouble carrying out operations at night due to poor visibility.
The National Disaster Response Force, State Disaster Response Force, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police and a team of mountaineers have launched rescue operations.
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