Veteran BJP leader and former Union Minister for Human Resource Development Murli Manohar Joshi and Congress party veteran and Rajya Sabha MP Karan Singh, along with several environmentalists and scientists have appealed to the Supreme Court to review its 2021 judgment permitting widening of Himalayan roads, part of the Chardham project , beyond 5.5 metres.

The Chardham project involves widening several Himalayan roads and has been controversial for more than a decade. Overseen by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), the project involves widening mountain roads, including those in the Bhagirathi Eco Sensitive Zone (BESZ), and those leading up to India’s border with China.

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However, environmentalists have argued that cutting

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