Selang is going Joshimath way

A view of the affected area in a village after the recent land subsidence

Selang, a village around five km from subsidence-hit Joshimath, is likely to meet a similar fate as cracks and fissures have been appearing in fields and several houses for the past few months.

Located on Badrinath National Highway (NH-58), residents of Selang said they are scared and the Joshimath crisis has only deepened their fears. The villagers hold the construction of NTPC's Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project responsible for their plight.

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Tunnels of the project are built underneath the village. A hotel situated along the NH, near the mouth of one of these tunnels, collapsed in July 2021 and a petrol pump nearby was also partially damaged, Selang resident Vijendra Lal told news agency PTI. The houses located near the collapsed hotel are also at risk, he said.

Meanwhile, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and the Uttarakhand government have asked over a dozen government-run organisations and institutes and their experts not to make any unauthorised comment or statement on the situation in Joshimath.

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