...National Thermal Power Corporations (NTPC) Tapovan Vishnugad hydropower project. The hydropower plant is being constructed on the Dhauliganga river which partially borders the eastern side of Joshimath. Construction on the project involves tunneling, which some residents and environmental experts believe may have worsened the land erosion. ...
Authorities say subsidence has nothing to do with the tunnel construction.
The Union Power Ministry said the NTPC tunnel does not under pass the town, and the sub-surface seepage erosion caused by natural drainage, occasional heavy rainfalls and seismic activities and rising construction work has caused the sinking.
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