Joshimath: Several houses, temple collapses in Singhdhar

In the midnight hours of 2 January and 3 January several houses at Singhdhar in the Joshimath town of Uttarakhand.

Meanwhile, in these incidents, no lives were lost. There were many cracks in several houses after which they eventually collapsed.

“It happened on January 2. It was around 2.30 am when we were sleeping. We heard a noise as the cracks on the walls opened up and big chunks of concrete started falling off,” a local named Harish said.

“We were scared and spent the night under an open sky. We were shifted to a government school nearby the day after,” Harish said.

Harish further stated, “Many important documents and household items were destroyed. But thankfully, no lives were lost. Some hotels in Manohar Bagh, too, have developed big cracks.”

Talking about the incident another resident Rishi Devi said, “Our house had developed cracks for some time. We had requested the municipality for help. But over a span of two days, on January 2 and 3, our house as well as others collapsed. A nearby temple, too, collapsed and we even lost our cattle. Both my sons are jobless now.”