India s National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) came out with its report on land subsidence at Joshimath after studying the images captured by the European Space Agency s satellite Sentinel-1 SAR. Joshimath Land Subsidence: Foreign, Indian Satellite Images Show Uttarakhand’s City At Risk of Sinking.
The Uttarakhand cabinet announced a slew of measures on Friday to provide relief to the people of the hill town, including a six-month waiver of electricity and water bills and a one-year moratorium on the recovery of bank loans. Joshimath Land Subsidence: Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami Says ‘Moving Step by Step To Address Problem in Sinking Town’.