Buildings At Jammu And Kashmir Village Develop Cracks

More than 20 houses and a mosque at a village in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir have developed cracks, triggering panic among residents.

Officials say affected families are being shifted to a safer place and experts have been sent to the village to ascertain the cause of the soil shifting - which has led to cracks.

There are around 50 houses in the village Nai Basti.

Several factors including construction of roads and seepage of water may have caused the soil shifting in the hilly village, sources say. 

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