“Joshimath falls in the seismic zone. Hence, commissioning a project like the Tapovan-Vishnugadh one in itself is a disaster. In the upper Himalayan region too, many such projects may eventually ...

The high seismic risk zone is dotted with several picturesque ... Incidents of land sinking in the Joshimath area were reported as early as the 1970s. A rapid subsidence of a maximum of 5.4 ...

A report by the National Remote Sensing Centre had identified the subsidence zone to be located at Central Joshimath, where a helipad of the Indian Army and the Narsingh Temple are located.