The weather across the State took a turn with light rain and snowfall being reported in various mountainous regions since Sunday night. The provisional State capital Dehradun also witnessed a cloudy Monday though the minimum temperature increased by a few notches instead of decreasing as forecast.
Army settlements are present in Malari that comes under Joshimath tehsil which has been in the news for its land subsidence crisis. "Several letters have been written from time to time to the Indian Army, the Centre and the state government for payment of compensation to the villagers but all they have got is assurances," said Pushkar Singh Rana, village chief of Kaga Garpak in Niti valley.
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Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami participated in the Har Ghar Tiranga programme on Wednesday in the frontier village of Malari along with the soldiers of the Indian Army, ITBP (Himvir), Frontier Road Sangathan (Shivalik) and the residents of the frontier village as the second defence line.