Houses in Uttarakhand’s Bageshwar villages develop cracks, fears of Joshimath-like situation rise

Locals attributed land subsidence, which had aggravated with time, to large-scale soapstone mining in the area and excavated ditches being left untreated

​Locals attributed land subsidence, which had aggravated with time, to large-scale soapstone mining in the area and excavated ditches being left untreated