2 min readNew DelhiMar 3, 2026 02:30 AM IST BJP veteran Murli Manohar Joshi and former Union minister Karan Singh wrote to Cabinet ministers Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Bhupender Yadav and Border Roads Organisation on Monday seeking cancellation of forest clearances granted to two key road widening stretches under Char Dham project in the upper reaches of Ganga in Uttarakhand in light of the rising disaster risk in the fragile region. They also demanded that ongoing and proposed works in the Bhagirathi Eco-Sensitive Zone be assessed afresh and the road width in the Bhagirathi valley be restricted to 5.5 metres. This, they said, should be done in line with the demands of the local residents, established scientific and engineering rationale and the terrain’s geological and ecological vulnerability. The letter was also endorsed by former RSS ideologue and founder, Rashtriya Swabhiman Andolan, K N Govindacharya, former MP Kunwar Rewati Raman Singh and members of Himalayi Nagrik Drishti Manch, a citizen forum in Uttarakshi. The senior politicians said significantly faster warming in the Himalayas is resulting in …