Tampering with drainage routes, lack of drainage system brought on havoc in Joshimath: NIH

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DEHRADUN: A report by the National Institute of Hydrology Roorkee (NIH) mentioned tampering with drainage routes and lack of drainage system has additional aggravated the reason for devastation and injury in Joshimath.

The National Institute of Hydrology Roorkee (NIH) report clearly mentions, “The water source at JP Colony in Joshimath on January 1, 2023, took everyone by surprise. “Initially, this water was popping out on the charge of 17 liters per minute, which reached 540 liters per minute on February 6. After this, the scenario returned to regular”, the report mentioned.

“Natural drainage is not possible in these areas,” the NIH report mentioned, highlighting the geological and geomorphological standing of Joshimath’s Sunil Ward, Manohar Bagh, JP Colony, and Singhdhar space.

“The possibility of a drain being built in this area is negligible, whatever water came from above, it entered the ground and came in the form of a waterfall around JP Colony. “The outdated map of the Survey of India exhibits six pure water springs round JP Colony, whereas the institute has recognized 16 water springs right here within the examine,” the NIH report mentioned.

“Natural water sources and stormwater drains have been blocked due to uncontrolled development in Joshimath”, talked about prominently by a number of scientific establishments of their reviews. Due to the Chardham Yatra route, massive constructions have been erected in an uncontrolled method, inflicting a pure catastrophe to submerge the land in Joshimath.

The report additionally severely advises with the opinion of specialists that “the development of this sector needs to be controlled and in line with the standards and monitored through technology available in satellite or remote sensing”.

Earlier, The New Indian Express had quoted specialists as citing attainable causes for the landslide at Joshimath, which are actually popping out within the report. Y P Sundariyal, the then professor of geology at Hemati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, and Delhi-based geologist Naresh Rana had expressed deep concern over this at the moment.

“Excessive overloading of new buildings and lack of sewerage, drainage system and thousands of litres of wastewater seeping into the ground daily led to conditions of land submergence in Joshimath”, the report mentioned, “Based on satellite imagery, the Indian remote sensing agency had said that Joshimath town shrank 2.5 inches every year between 2020 and March 2022”.

DEHRADUN: A report by the National Institute of Hydrology Roorkee (NIH) mentioned tampering with drainage routes and lack of drainage system has additional aggravated the reason for devastation and injury in Joshimath.

The National Institute of Hydrology Roorkee (NIH) report clearly mentions, “The water source at JP Colony in Joshimath on January 1, 2023, took everyone by surprise. “Initially, this water was popping out on the charge of 17 liters per minute, which reached 540 liters per minute on February 6. After this, the scenario returned to regular”, the report mentioned.

“Natural drainage is not possible in these areas,” the NIH report mentioned, highlighting the geological and geomorphological standing of Joshimath’s Sunil Ward, Manohar Bagh, JP Colony, and Singhdhar space.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

“The possibility of a drain being built in this area is negligible, whatever water came from above, it entered the ground and came in the form of a waterfall around JP Colony. “The outdated map of the Survey of India exhibits six pure water springs round JP Colony, whereas the institute has recognized 16 water springs right here within the examine,” the NIH report mentioned.

“Natural water sources and stormwater drains have been blocked due to uncontrolled development in Joshimath”, talked about prominently by a number of scientific establishments of their reviews. Due to the Chardham Yatra route, massive constructions have been erected in an uncontrolled method, inflicting a pure catastrophe to submerge the land in Joshimath.

The report additionally severely advises with the opinion of specialists that “the development of this sector needs to be controlled and in line with the standards and monitored through technology available in satellite or remote sensing”.

Earlier, The New Indian Express had quoted specialists as citing attainable causes for the landslide at Joshimath, which are actually popping out within the report. Y P Sundariyal, the then professor of geology at Hemati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, and Delhi-based geologist Naresh Rana had expressed deep concern over this at the moment.

“Excessive overloading of new buildings and lack of sewerage, drainage system and thousands of litres of wastewater seeping into the ground daily led to conditions of land submergence in Joshimath”, the report mentioned, “Based on satellite imagery, the Indian remote sensing agency had said that Joshimath town shrank 2.5 inches every year between 2020 and March 2022”.