India’s sinking towns spark debates about development
A crisis in the Himalayas embarrasses the government
IT IS NEARLY two years since cracks appeared in the walls of the house in which Durga Prasad Saklani lived with his wife and daughters. Since then the 52-year-old from Sunil, a village near Joshimath in the state of Uttarakhand in the Himalayas, has filed endless petitions warning that his home is sliding down the mountain. For a long time, says Mr Saklani, “nobody cared”.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Cracks in the façade”
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