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Migrants' return can help Uttarakhand boost socio-economy of ghost villages

Around 350,000 residents were estimated to have migrated from the state between the 2001 and he 2011 censuses, leaving 1,048 villages totally uninhabited

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Around 350,000 residents were estimated to have migrated from the state between the 2001 and he 2011 censuses

1 min read Last Updated : May 25 2020 | 1:28 AM IST

As of April 23, as many as 59,360 people had returned to the 10 hill districts of Uttarakhand, according to government records and officials. Of them, 12,039 were from Pauri Garhal and 9,303 from Almora, the two districts most affected by migration, according to an interim report released by the state’s Rural Development and Migration Commission (RDMC).

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Around 350,000 residents were estimated to have migrated from the state between the 2001 and he 2011 censuses, leaving 1,048 villages totally uninhabited. Of nearly 16,800 villages in Uttarakhand,

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