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DEHRADUN, India - Authorities in one of the holiest towns in the Indian Himalayas were evacuating panicked residents Sunday after hundreds of houses began developing yawning cracks and sinking, officials said. The cause of the apparent subsidence in Joshimath in the northern state of Uttarakhand w

Authorities in one of the holiest towns in the Indian Himalayas were evacuating panicked residents Sunday after hundreds of houses began developing yawning cracks and sinking, officials said.

Hundreds moved to shelters after buildings in the Himalayan town popular with pilgrims and tourists develop cracks.

Residents blame the building of roads and tunnels for a nearby hydroelectric project for the phenomenon.

Indians evacuated from sinking holy town of Joshimath

DEHRADUN: Authorities in one of the holiest towns in the Indian Himalayas were evacuating panicked residents on Sunday after hundreds of houses began developing yawning cracks and sinking, officials...

Authorities in one of the holiest towns in the Indian Himalayas were evacuating panicked residents Sunday after hundreds of houses began developing yawning cracks and sinking, officials said. The cause of the apparent subsidence in Joshimath in the northern state of Uttarakhand was unclear, but resi ..

Joshimaths residents blame building of roads, tunnels for a nearby hydroelectric project, a cause of subsidence

Residents blamed the building of roads and tunnels for a nearby hydroelectric project

Three women were arrested on Friday in Patna after their husbands allegedly fired at the police during a raid, officials said.