Land subsidence in JK’s Thathri: Top 10 points from GSI report and affected families’ demands

Top 10 points from the GSI report and the affected families’ demands:

1. Locals in Nai Basti area of Thathri in Doda district of J&K fled their homes after developing cracks in the first week of February, The Chenab Times reported first on Chenab Times WebTV and it’s social media.
2. The GSI report recommends that the affected area is not habitable anymore and has suggested measures to stop further damage in the mountainous region.
3. The report advises not to allow people to dwell in the houses which are in close proximity to the slide scars or where the ground cracks are lying immediately on the back slope or front slope of any house/houses.
4. The affected area received 27.8 mm of rainfall on 31 January, the day before the incident, and 201.2 mm rainfall from 20 January to 31 January, which might have saturated the slope forming material to a significant extent.
5. The SDRF claim will be around Rs 1.30 lakh for each affected family, according to sources of The Chenab Times. The compensation for big and small houses will be the same under the claim, our sources claims.
6. Around 20 families of 119 people were left homeless after the incident. The affected are government employees, ex-servicemen and poor laborers who are now left with no place to go.
7. The victims have demanded allotment of land from the administration for constructing new homes.
8. Most of the families are living on rent in different areas of Thathri Tehsil where Nai Basti is also located, some have shifted with their relatives for the time being, and the rent for poor families was arranged by Ababeel NGO and Jamia Masjid Committee.
9. The GSI report also talks about the changes in the area over time, including the increasing urban settlement on the slopes over the period of two decades between 2003 and 2022.
10. The report recommends taking immediate measures for diverting the surface runoff away from the affected/active part of the slope and providing the gabion structure at the river level to avoid the erosion of the left bank.

A recent report by the Geological Survey of India (GSI), a copy of which lies with The Chenab Times, has recommended that an area in the Thathri tehsil of Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir, affected by land subsidence is not habitable anymore. The report advises against allowing people to live in close proximity to slide scars or ground cracks. Around 20 families were left homeless after the incident, and they are now demanding compensation and land for new homes. The affected families include government employees, ex-servicemen, and poor labourers. Meanwhile, the GSI has suggested several measures to prevent further damage in the mountainous region, including the provision of retaining and gabion structures.

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