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The PIL states that the concerned area was severely affected by the 2021 Uttarakhand flood and its aftermath.
On Monday, the Delhi High Court directed a lawyer appearing in person in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed seeking direction to the Centre to form a high-powered joint committee to investigate the sinking of the Joshimath in Uttarakhand, to check whether a similar request has been made in the Supreme Court as well.
The matter was mentioned before the division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad seeking urgent listing of the plea.
The PIL plea seeks direction to the representatives of all pertinent ministries, which are involved in people's rehabilitation, to look into the sinking issue right away for the affected areas of Joshimath.
It states that it is imperative that the government of India recognises the hardship of the residents of the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand and take action to give them access to the necessities for a decent living.
"In one of the strangest phenomena to strike the holy town nestled in the serene hills of Chamoli at a height of 6,000 ft, houses started developing cracks and damages since 2021, leaving residents anxious and worried. Since the first reports of the cracks in 2021 after landslides in Chamoli, over 570 houses have sustained damages or cracks as residents experienced seismic tremors repeatedly in the subsequent years, the plea adds.
Furthermore, it states that Joshimath is home to one of the four cardinal 'Pithas' established by Adi Shankara.
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