Centre Sets Timelines For Institutions To Submit Report On Joshimath

Meanwhile, the flow of water from an underground channel near JP Colony in Marwari area of Joshimath that burst on January 2 has ebbed further to 123 litre per minute.

The Centre on Tuesday set separate timelines for the institutions conducting geophysical and hydrological studies of the crisis in subsidence-hit Joshimath to submit their reports while the state government decided to demolish 15 completely damaged houses in the JP colony.

Meanwhile, the flow of water from an underground channel near JP Colony in Marwari area of Joshimath that burst on January 2 has ebbed further to 123 litre per minute.

Water flow stood at an alarming 540 LPM initially.

The Central Building Research Institute has been given three weeks' time to submit its report, the National Geophysical Research Institute two weeks for the preliminary report and three weeks for the final report while the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology got two weeks for the preliminary report and three weeks for the final, Secretary, Disaster Management Ranjit Kumar Sinha told reporters.