New Delhi: After Joshimath and Karnaprayag in Uttarakhand, some houses in Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh have developed cracks, causing fear among residents.
The news agency ANI has quoted the Aligarh municipal corporation’s additional commissioner Rakesh Kumar Yadav as having said that an investigation will be conducted into why the cracks may have appeared.
Journalist Piyush Rai has tweeted a video, noting that locals have blamed a sewer line leakage.
The cracks have appeared in houses located in the Kanwariganj neighbourhood of Aligarh, where, according to locals, a pipeline was laid by the government under the Smart City scheme, reported the Hindu.
No assistance has been given to locals after complaints yet. The cracks appeared three to four days ago, locals told ANI.
A week ago, news of cracks on the walls of houses, roads splitting open, and the notification that Uttarakhand hill town of Joshimath is now landslide and land subsidence-hit area had caused widespread panic and fear. As many as 678 buildings – many residential – were damaged and authorities have evacuated more than 80 families. Locals there have blamed government hydel power and road construction projects, which experts had long since flagged.