Balanced News: Joshimath Jolt: At PMO Meet, Centre Says Readying Plans to Handle Situation; NDRF, SDRF Teams on Standby

As the families living in damaged houses in the sinking town of Uttarakhand’s Joshimath are being shifted to temporary relief centres, the Prime Minister’s Office on Sunday reviewed the situation in a high-level meeting where the assistance from the Central government to state government and several other measures were discussed. The Government of India agencies and experts are assisting state government to prepare short, medium and long term plans. Meanwhile, Joshimath has been declared a landslide-subsidence zone and over 60 families living in damaged houses in the sinking town have been evacuated to temporary relief centres, a senior official said on Sunday.