Chamoli (Uttarakhand), June 18 -- : Locals in Chamoli's Raini village say due to the sudden rise of the water level in Rishiganga, several houses in their area have reported big cracks in their walls, leading to an imminent fear that their residences might collapse.
The villagers have urged authorities to evacuate them to safer places view of the danger of landslides due to the erosion by river Rishiganga which has swollen due to incessant rains over the past few days.
"No one from the government, be it our MLA or the ministers, are visiting us. I do not know why they are not doing so. We now sleep in our fields at night. Where else can we go? We sleep with anxieties. There are sounds, the whole village has caved in, the walls have suffer...