Himachal Landslide: Houses built without planning, now collapsing like cards; The administration formed a committee
Clouds of crisis are hovering over the town of Ani, established by Raja Raghuveer Singh during the princely period.
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Clouds of crisis are hovering over the town of Ani, established by Raja Raghuveer Singh during the princely period. While the town is unable to recover from calamities like cloudburst, on the other hand, people are scared because the houses built here are in danger. Many people have invested their entire life's savings in the construction of houses and this property is collapsing in a jiffy like a pack of cards when disaster strikes. Hundreds of houses have been constructed in Ani in the last two decades. Being the focal point of the subdivision, everyone wants to settle here, but everyone is worried seeing the clouds of danger hovering over the houses built without any plan.
Many houses have been constructed in Ani town without planning, land investigation, structure design and without drainage and retaining wall. Water is seeping from everywhere in many houses. In such a situation, the Nagar Panchayat was formed to bring such dangerous constructions in Ani town back on track in a planned manner, so that the construction of houses is done under the TCP guideline, but it was unfortunate that the Nagar Panchayat was canceled. Has been given. Most of the houses in the town have more than four storeys.
In such a situation, a discussion has started among the public that TCP guideline should be adopted in rural areas as well, because TCP guideline is needed in villages also. Along with this, the massive construction of houses in Ani town is mostly done by untrained masons. In such a situation, there is also a question that how safe are the houses being built by such masons. However, the accident in Ani has left many questions. Dialogue
Committee of experts
Deputy Commissioner Kullu Ashutosh Garg said that a committee of experts has been formed to lift the debris from the accident site in a controlled manner and to stabilize the unstable buildings. Further steps will be taken on the recommendation of the committee.
Houses collapsed in front of the eyes, people kept watching helplessly, 23 houses declared unsafe
This time the heavy rains during the rainy season have given people ever-forgettable wounds. His house of cards collapsed in front of people's eyes but he could not do anything even if he wanted to. Fortunately, the administration, realizing the danger, had already evacuated the houses and offices. A bigger accident was averted, but the people of Ani are badly shaken by the large number of houses that collapsed at the same time. At the same time, after the landslide, many more houses here have become unsafe. The administration has declared about 23 houses unsafe and issued notices to vacate them. This has given people sleepless nights. People had prepared the palace of their dreams by adding every penny, but they did not think that one day their lifetime earnings would be ruined like straws. Ani market had expanded towards the new bus stand area, which was the pride of Ani but this disaster ruined everything.
While eight houses have been razed, two houses have been heavily damaged. Apart from this, about two dozen houses have been declared in danger zone. In such a situation, a large part of the market reached the brink of destruction. At the same time Kiran Bazar, old hospital building and court road of VVIP area are also not safe. In the past, Dehuri Khad and Bhairad Nullah have caused heavy damage to the houses around the Nullah. In such a situation, everyone is keeping their own opinion on the damage caused to the town. At the same time, such disasters should not recur in future, it is also no less than a challenge for the administration. Talking about the disaster in Ani, haphazard construction and encroachment are also responsible for it. At the same time, many houses are built in such a way, where there is neither any drainage system nor any way. Due to frequent landslides, the old hospital building is in danger, while all the water from the fair ground is reaching Kiran Bazar. Due to this, clouds of crisis are hovering over Kiran Bazar as well. Due to lack of proper drainage, water seeped into the ground and heavy rains caused the ground to slide, leading to the devastation.

