The Uttarakhand government has asked the Centre to convene a meeting of the high-powered committee for reconstruction at Kedarnath and other areas which were badly hit by the deluge last year.
Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna conveyed this demand to Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde when the two leaders met in New Delhi in the wake of the recent report of the Geological Survey of India (GSI).
The GSI report on the deluge has recommended to the government to re-channelise the Mandakini river, strengthen the platform around the historic Kedarnath temple, remove the debris around the shrine through green-blast techniques, realign the damaged highways and roads and build new tunnels for road safety in the eco-fragile state.
Right now, the whole of the Kedarnath valley is covered with a thick blanket of snow, due to which the reconstruction work can only be taken up after the melting of the snow, the officials said.
With the GSI report favouring relocation of various structures which were damaged in the flash floods to the southern side of the shrine, the local people have started opposing the move. The government is treading a cautious path on the issue.
The report also stated that the platform around the Kedarnath shrine, which has developed some minor cracks, should be strengthened and there should be retrofitting of the temple.
Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna conveyed this demand to Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde when the two leaders met in New Delhi in the wake of the recent report of the Geological Survey of India (GSI).
The GSI report on the deluge has recommended to the government to re-channelise the Mandakini river, strengthen the platform around the historic Kedarnath temple, remove the debris around the shrine through green-blast techniques, realign the damaged highways and roads and build new tunnels for road safety in the eco-fragile state.
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"The structures which were damaged in Kedarnath are to be relocated to the southern side of the shrine. Lots of such issues need to be discussed and a final plan for the reconstruction has to be chalked out. In this regard, a meeting of the high-powered committee between the Centre and the state government should be held at the earliest," a senior government official said.
Right now, the whole of the Kedarnath valley is covered with a thick blanket of snow, due to which the reconstruction work can only be taken up after the melting of the snow, the officials said.
With the GSI report favouring relocation of various structures which were damaged in the flash floods to the southern side of the shrine, the local people have started opposing the move. The government is treading a cautious path on the issue.
The report also stated that the platform around the Kedarnath shrine, which has developed some minor cracks, should be strengthened and there should be retrofitting of the temple.