The Indian Himalayan town of Joshimath, which witnessed an unprecedented and unexplained land subsidence phenomenon, seems to have sunk “vertically by over 3 feet and moved by 1.

India’s Joshimath town sank by 3ft, says report, blaming overpopulation, construction for subsidence

In pics | Hundreds of residents evacuate India's sinking town 'Joshimath'

The Supreme Court have agreed to hear on January 16 a plea seeking the court’s intervention to declare the crisis in Uttarakhand’s Joshimath as a national disaster.

Joshimath crisis: SC agrees to hear plea on January 16

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India’s Joshimath town sank by 3ft, says report, blaming overpopulation, construction for subsidence

In pics | Hundreds of residents evacuate India's sinking town 'Joshimath'

Joshimath crisis: SC agrees to hear plea on January 16