With landslides and damaged homes making life difficult and dangerous for people living in different areas here, the start of rain now brings with it anxiety for many whose homes have developed cracks and those who have lost their agricultural lands to landslides.
Those in the Badrinath area are complaining that they are not receiving rations and relief materials. The internet facility in the Joshimath region has not been working for the past three days which has affected communication.
Many hectares of agricultural land have been lost while many homes have developed cracks. Rehabilitating the affected villages is a challenge for the Government especially as some villages have not yet been rehabilitated following damage and dangers experienced in past years.
The heavy rains and subsequent disasters experienced this year have caused considerable damage in this region. Those who have lost their homes have taken shelter in government buildings.
The Badrinath highway has been closed to traffic since June 16 which is hampering the supply or ration and relief materials to those in the Badrinath area. Pulna and Bhyundar villages, on the way to Hemkund, have been destroyed due to which the residents of these two villages have taken shelter in the GMVN building at Joshimath.
Many homes were swept away in the river at Pandukeshwar and lambagad due to which the occupants of such homes have taken shelter with their acquaintances or relatives. landslides are still being experienced in many villages in the Urgam valley due to which many families have taken shelter in government school buildings. Dwing Tapovan is also facing landslides which have spread fear among the locals.