In an exclusive interview with Network18?s Group Editor-in-Chief, Rahul Joshi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addressed the Joshimath sinking issue and said that humanity cannot distance itself from the consequences of playing with nature.
He said that the government had created a workplan for the Himalayan town in crisis and is implementing it well. ?The State and Central governments have created a workplan and are implementing it in an impactful way.?
?I have not had the opportunity to go to Joshimath, but all of us need to see that wherever development happens, whether on a mountain or in a field, if it is unplanned and unscientific, no one will be spared the consequences,? he said.
#YogiToNews18 | If development isn?t scientific and planned, it will affect the environment. Meddling with nature will result in disasters which cannot be avoided: #UttarPradesh CM @myogiadityanath to Network 18?s Editor-in-Chief @18RahulJoshi @myogioffice #Joshimath pic.twitter.com/WhAkNUhOpb— News18 (@CNNnews18) February 5, 2023
Speaking on the issue of settlements in river catchment areas, he said that major destruction can happen when rivers unleash their monstrous form. ? We often see lots of people settling down in a river?s catchment area,? he said. ?But the river will, at some point, change its path, and major damage and destruction happens when a river?s monstrous form is seen in the catchment area.?
?Humanity cannot distance itself from the consequences of playing with nature,? the CM said.
The town of Joshimath in Uttarakhand developed dangerous cracks in hundred of buildings in January due to land subsidence, prompting mass evacuations and immediate need for intervention.
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