Three chances Supreme Court missed to save Joshimath

Home is what one chooses it to be. Neighbourhood, country and even the planet itself evoke a sense of belonging to the right-minded. And yet there has been an unacceptable indifference to the systematic desecration of four fragile Himalayan valleys through the Chardhaam pariyojana (CDP) road-widening project, the disappearance of the Ganga into tunnels through bumper to bumper hydro-projects, railway tunnels and reckless tourism.
It has taken a Joshimath-scale calamity to get people’s attention but by now the ground’s also slipping in several other places in Uttarakhand.