Families evacuated from ‘sinking’ Joshimath as fresh aquifer bursts

Nearly 26 families were shifted out of their houses; more are in line. Compounding the anxiety of panicky locals, who have been petitioning the government to stop all constructions in their “sinking” town, an aquifer burst in an area around the JP residential colony in Marwari, leading to fresh anxiety that the hillside on which the town is situated is going to collapse.

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