Uttarakhand Governor Dr KK Paul has given strict instruction to the administration to involve the tribal community living in the border areas in Government-sponsored development programmes. He visited Gamshali and Malari which are remote and almost inaccessible villages located in Chamoli district bordering China.
Notably, tension has been brewing in areas of the districts of Uttarakhand that border on China with the people from the neighbouring country getting into these lands, mostly unoccupied presently thanks to continuing migration, and leaving articles there by way of marking their presence. The Governor said that the infrastructure in these forlorn areas endowed with immense strategic interests must be strengthened adequately.
Stressing on the imperative to stop unabated migration of the people from the frontier villages, he said that cultivation of aromatic and medicinal plants can go a long way in providing viable means of livelihood to the villagers. “Improving cattle farming by way of providing good breed of cattle to the villagers can be instrumental in arresting the trend of migration,” he said.
Governor planted a sapling and said abundance of natural resources and rich bio- diversity can help Uttarakhand turn into a “herbal State”. Several senior administrative officials, including the district magistrate of Chamoli district, were with the Governor during his visit.