In an appeal to Chief Justice of India B R Gavai, BJP veteran Murli Manohar Joshi and former Union minister Karan Singh have sought a “review and recall” of the apex court’s 2021 judgment which allowed widening of roads under the Char Dham project to 12 metres, alleging that it has resulted in massive landslides and sinking zones.

The plea has been endorsed by 57 people, including eminent personalities such as historian and Padma Shri winner Shekhar Pathak, Padma Bhushan-winning author Ramachandra Guha, and former RSS ideologue K N Govindacharya. Academicians, scientists, current and former MPs and activists in Uttarakhand are the others who have endorsed the appeal.

Joshi and Singh said that a 2020 circular of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, which allowed the widening, shou

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