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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