ND : June 17 - Earth cracked in U.P.

Uttar Pradesh recorded an alarming threat in form of fissures ( cracks ) appearing on the ground in seven districts of Uttar Pradesh which included the districts Lucknow, Allahabad, Hamirpur, Kakori, Kanpur, Meja Road etc. Cracks were not only seen on the grounds but also on the houses of local residents in Meja Road & Hamirpur districts that forced the people living there to vacate their home. Local people were frightened of the cracks thinking it was an earthquake. Studies said that a wide area is under threat of these kind of cracks. It may happen in the other areas also. Most importantly, three important rail routes including Howrah-Delhi route going via Allahabad and Kanpur is under the threat zone.


Cause of the cracks :

Although these kind of cracks were never seen before in the history according to the sources. But scientists predicted a quick and a no doubt a genuine reason for this. Its the scarcity of ground water in these areas that paved an easy way to this. In fact this scarcity happened just due to excessive exploitation of the ground water. Secondly, these days excessive mining is going on in these areas. Mining causes the earth layer to weaken and show these cracks in return. Mining can be any type, say, drilling for boring purposes, coal mining etc. But this happens due to large scale minings according to the scientists.