<span style="color: #222222;">Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has assured residents of the land subsidence-hit town Joshimath that they will get the best compensation from the state government, and that protecting life and property is the top priority of the government.<br />''<br />''Mr Dhami said financial assistance of 1.50 lakh rupees is being paid to each affected family for which   45 rupee crore has already been released by the state government. He added that the interim assistance would reach the bank accounts of the families affected by this evening or tomorrow. In the meantime, Disaster Management Secretary Ranjit Sinha informed that safe places are being identified to rehabilitate disaster-affected people.<br />''<br />''Over 600 houses at Joshimath in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, have developed huge cracks, affecting the lives of hundreds of families. The town has been declared a land subsidence hit zone by the state government.</span><br />