India, Sept. 27 -- In a renewed appeal to Chief Justice of India B. R. Gavai, former union ministers Karan Singh and Murli Manohar Joshi, along with several other signatories, wrote to the Supreme Court on Friday urging it to reconsider its 2021 ruling on the Char Dham project.

They alleged that permitting the widening of roads to 12 metres has triggered widespread landslides and sinking zones in the ecologically fragile region. "This judgement, if not reviewed, will lead to irreparable and immediate impact in the Bhagirathi Eco-Sensitive Zone (BESZ), which is the origin valley of the national river Ganga and is also the site of the recent Dharali disaster. In view of the safety of lives and livelihood of people and all-weather movement ...