With monsoon rains around the corner, locals as well as experts have expressed apprehensions of further geological instability in Uttarakhand’s Joshimath, where 868 structures have developed cracks ...

Joshimath—perched on a hill at an altitude of 6,150 feet—is a gateway of sorts. Earlier, during the summer months, pilgrims going for the Char Dham Yatra or to Hemkund Sahib, families visiting tourist ...

The Joshimath Bachao Sangharsh Samiti called for treatment plans for Joshimath, a subsidence-hit town, to be based on ...

Every evening, Bhagwati Prasad Kaparwan, 72, and Shyama Devi Kaparwan, 67, leave their rented house and walk down to their “home". It’s down the mountain in a “danger zone” in Joshimath, Uttarakhand.

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Joshimath was hit by landslide and ground subsidence earlier this year. The Centre on Thursday approved a Rs 1658.17 crore recovery and reconstruction plan for Joshimath in Uttarakhand which was ...

In January 2023, large cracks and fissures appeared in houses and on the ground, prompting authorities to evacuate residents ...

For years, residents in the northern Indian city of Joshimath have complained to local officials that their homes are sinking. Now authorities are being forced to take action, evacuating nearly 100 ...

A ground survey by a committee of three experts from state-run Sri Dev Suman Uttarakhand University has revealed that “Joshimath has cracks as long as half-a-km and 2-feet wide”. It is for the first ...

The Joshimath Bachao Sangharsh Samiti (JBSS), a citizens' collective pressing for speedy rehabilitation of those affected by the recent Joshimath land subsidence, resumed its agitation on Monday and ...

DEHRADUN: Three years after the historic town of Joshimath first grabbed global headlines for massive land subsidence, a ...

On a sunny February afternoon, Motiram Joshi, 65, is patiently waiting for people to visit his general store in Uttarakhand’s Joshimath town. However, since last year, the tourist inflow has ...