Secretary Disaster Management Dr. Ranjit Kumar Sinha on Wednesday while giving information to the media about the works being done related to relief and rescue, permanent/temporary rehabilitation after the land subsidence  and landslides in Joshimath town area told that the water  discharge in Joshimath presently reduced to 100 L.P.M. from 540 L.P.M  This is a positive news.  Secretary Disaster Management informed that Chief Secretary Uttarakhand has urged the directors and scientists of various technical institutes working in Joshimath to study the affected area on immediate basis and make the study report available at the earliest.  Landslide study in Joshimath should be done in a time bound manner.  Various technical institutes should also share their study reports with each other.  Along with clarity in the study reports, the solution should also be discussed.

 Secretary Disaster Management informed that in the temporarily identified relief camps, there are total 615 rooms in Joshimath with a capacity of 2190 people and 491 rooms in Pipalkoti with a capacity of 2205 people.  Till now cracks have been noticed in 849 buildings.  The survey work is in progress.  He informed that 01 area/ward has been declared unsafe in Gandhinagar, 02 in Singhdhar, 05 in Manoharbagh, 07 in Sunil.  Building 181 is located in an unsafe area.  258 families have been temporarily displaced in view of security.  The number of displaced family members is 865.

 Additional Secretary Disaster Management, Director Uttarakhand Landslide Management and Mitigation Institute, Director Wadia Institute, Director IIRS Dehradun, Director NIH and Director IITR were present in the press conference.