Landslide damages five houses in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban

At least five residential houses were damaged due to a landslide in a remote hilly village in Jammu and Kashmirs Ramban district officials said on SundayThe affected families were shifted to safer locations they saidThe incident that took place in Duksar Dal village of Sangaldan in Gool Subdivision 45 km from Ramban district headquarters comes barely a fortnight after 19 residential houses a mosque and a religious school for girls developed cracks due to land sinking at Nai Basti village of Doda districtA total of five houses were damaged and rendered uninhabitable due to a landslide at Duksar Dal The affected families were shifted and provided tents ration utensils and blankets as an immediate relief SubDivisional Magistrate Gool TanveerulMajeed Wani told PTIHe said the land started sliding on Friday also affecting a local graveyard following which the mortal remains of a local were exhumed and later buried at another placeAlso readShivaji Jayanti 2023 Sambhaji Chhatrapati claims Shivaji Maharajs followers stopped from visiting Pune fort CM Shinde assures better arrangements next yearFive more houses are likely to be impacted by the continuing landslide We are keeping a close watch on the situation and the people are requested to maintain calm he said adding the affected families will be provided relief after assessing the damageRaqeeb Wani the local sarpanch said two houses belonging to Abdul Gani and Fareed Ahmad collapsed while three others developed cracks and are unsuitable to live inThe people are in a panic as we have never witnessed such a thing in the past We are thankful to the district administration for the quick response and we are hopeful that all the affected families will be suitably rehabilitated the Sarpanch saidHe said agricultural land including fruit trees was also damaged by the landslide and needs to be provided adequate compensation as wellThe government should also order an inspection by experts to find the reason behind the sudden sinking of the land Raqeeb saidMeanwhile a threemember team from the National Institute of Disaster Management headed by Prof Surya Prakash visited Nai Basti village of Tharthri for a survey on Sunday officials saidEarlier several other teams including experts from the Geological Survey of India GSI also inspected the affected village to ascertain the underlying factors for the development of cracks in the concrete structuresThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever