Holy town in India, built on unstable terrain, is sinking
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Joshimath, a holy town located in the Himalayan mountains of India, is sinking. Hundreds of residencies became uninhabitable as fissures and cracks emerged.
But by then, Joshimath was already a disaster zone. Multistoried hotels slumped to one side; cracked roads gaped open. More than 860 homes were uninhabitable, splayed by deep fissures. And instead of saviors they got bulldozers that razed swaths of the town.
The holy town was built on piles of debris left behind by landslides and earthquakes. Scientists have warned for decades that Joshimath could not withstand the level of heavy construction that has recently been taking place.
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