Express News Service
DEHRADUN: The scope of land submergence in Uttarakhand is continuously increasing. In the latest incident, ten houses collapsed and six houses developed huge cracks due to high-intensity twin disaster of land submergence and landslides in the years-old Jakhan village under gram panchayat Madrasu on Langha Road, 50 km from Dehradun under the district limits.
Senior officials of the administration and police immediately reached the spot and evacuated the entire village. The affected have been shifted to nearby government schools. SDRF and police rescue teams are engaged in rescue work on the spot.
“Rescue field unit teams of SDRF have been deployed in the area and as per the evening update, 100 per cent of villagers have been evacuated from the village with a population of around 300 people,” State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) Commandant Manikant Mishra told .
Restrictions have been imposed on movement in the village and villagers have been removed and shifted to a school in a nearby village with their belongings.
According to the information received from the villagers of Jakhan village, For the past several days, the villagers have complained to the administration officials about the land being submerged due to a huge amount of debris falling from the adjacent hill.
Villagers Ranveer Singh and Jiwan Singh told this newspaper, “At around 3:30 pm on Wednesday, suddenly the debris started falling at a high intensity and nine houses in the village were completely damaged. The villagers were in panic due to this accident of landslide and submergence of land”.
“Fortunately, the villagers were already alert due to the land disaster from the adjoining hill for the past few days, so the loss of life was avoided”, said Balbir Singh, another villager from the same village.
Sub Divisional Magistrate Vinod Kumar and Deputy SP Bhaskar Sah along with police and SDRF personnel are regularly monitoring the rescue and relief operations in the village.
Vikasnagar MLA Munna Singh Chauhan immediately visited the village and assured all possible help to the villagers. Speaking to , Chouhan said, “As of now, villagers have been shifted from the affected area immediately, the government takes 100 per cent guarantee of their rehabilitation”.
Concerns for geologists have increased after cases of land submergence have been reported in Joshimath, Karnprayag, Kalsi, Pagnau of Joshimath, and then Jakhan village of Dehradun
As the news of the disaster spread, a large number of villagers from nearby villages also started reaching the spot, causing a jam on the Longha-Pashta road. At the same time, the administration has taken quick action and shifted about 300 people of all 35 families of the village to the government primary schoollocated in village Pashta.
DEHRADUN: The scope of land submergence in Uttarakhand is continuously increasing. In the latest incident, ten houses collapsed and six houses developed huge cracks due to high-intensity twin disaster of land submergence and landslides in the years-old Jakhan village under gram panchayat Madrasu on Langha Road, 50 km from Dehradun under the district limits.
Senior officials of the administration and police immediately reached the spot and evacuated the entire village. The affected have been shifted to nearby government schools. SDRF and police rescue teams are engaged in rescue work on the spot.
“Rescue field unit teams of SDRF have been deployed in the area and as per the evening update, 100 per cent of villagers have been evacuated from the village with a population of around 300 people,” State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) Commandant Manikant Mishra told .googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });
Restrictions have been imposed on movement in the village and villagers have been removed and shifted to a school in a nearby village with their belongings.
According to the information received from the villagers of Jakhan village, For the past several days, the villagers have complained to the administration officials about the land being submerged due to a huge amount of debris falling from the adjacent hill.
Villagers Ranveer Singh and Jiwan Singh told this newspaper, “At around 3:30 pm on Wednesday, suddenly the debris started falling at a high intensity and nine houses in the village were completely damaged. The villagers were in panic due to this accident of landslide and submergence of land”.
“Fortunately, the villagers were already alert due to the land disaster from the adjoining hill for the past few days, so the loss of life was avoided”, said Balbir Singh, another villager from the same village.
Sub Divisional Magistrate Vinod Kumar and Deputy SP Bhaskar Sah along with police and SDRF personnel are regularly monitoring the rescue and relief operations in the village.
Vikasnagar MLA Munna Singh Chauhan immediately visited the village and assured all possible help to the villagers. Speaking to , Chouhan said, “As of now, villagers have been shifted from the affected area immediately, the government takes 100 per cent guarantee of their rehabilitation”.
Concerns for geologists have increased after cases of land submergence have been reported in Joshimath, Karnprayag, Kalsi, Pagnau of Joshimath, and then Jakhan village of Dehradun
As the news of the disaster spread, a large number of villagers from nearby villages also started reaching the spot, causing a jam on the Longha-Pashta road. At the same time, the administration has taken quick action and shifted about 300 people of all 35 families of the village to the government primary school
located in village Pashta.
