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Hridayesh Joshi

NTPC faces local ire in Joshimath, authorities probe its ‘role’

Forced to leave damaged houses, residents in Uttarakhand’s Joshimath are now expressing their anger against the National Thermal Power Corporation Limited – a state-owned energy giant facing allegations that one of its projects contributed to subsidence in the area.

From the main market to vehicles, several posters with the slogan “NTPC go back”  have come up around the town over the past few days. Locals allege that digging of a 12-km tunnel for the 520 MW Tapovan Vishnugarh hydroelectric project exacerbated subsidence in the area.

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