Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati on Saturday said that It is a matter of concern that Joshimath is under a threat right now. It has been a year since signs started emerging from different locations that the land is subsiding here but no attention was paid.

“Now, the manner in which the subsidence has picked up pace in the past one week, affecting over 500 houses so far, has posed a grave situation before us. I’ll go to Joshimath tomorrow so that I can be with the affected people there,” Swami added.