Preliminary reports show that the entire Joshimath town may sink. The Indian Space Research
Organisation's (ISRO) National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) released satellite images of
Joshimath and the preliminary report on land subsidence showed that the entire town may sink.
Hyderabad-based NRSC has released the satellite images of areas that are sinking. The
pictures are taken from the Cartosat-2S satellite.
In images, the entire town, including the Army's helipad and the Narasimha temple, has been
marked as sensitive zone.
Uttarakhand government is conducting rescue operation in danger-prone areas and shifting the
people in these areas to safer places on priority.
The land subsidence was slow between April and November 2022, during which Joshimath had
sunk by 8.9 cm. But between December 27, 2022 and January 8, 2023, the intensity of land
subsidence increased and the town sank by 5.4 cm in these 12 days.
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