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Inside South Asia | India's sinking town: A cautionary tale

The Himalayan hill side town of Joshimath has been dubbed India’s sinking town. Once, bustling with tourists, today, Joshimath is a cautionary tale of what years of rampant infrastructure development in an ecologically sensitive region coupled with climate change can do to a place and its people. Can Joshimath be saved?