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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | The ghost villages of Uttarakhand -Manavi Kapur

The ghost villages of Uttarakhand -Manavi Kapur

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published Published on Jul 18, 2015   modified Modified on Jul 18, 2015
-Business Standard

The author visits the ghost villages of Uttarakhand and finds out what is prompting people to leave

Seven kilometres ahead of Kanatal in the Tehri district, three large boards announce that a slip road is being built under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana. This narrow road leads to Saur, once a bustling village but now eerily silent and desolate. Roofs have caved in and weeds have taken over untended land. Of the hundred or so families that own land and houses here, just 12 can be found now. The rest have migrated to the plains - for good.

Among those who still live here are some musicians who play traditional drums and bagpipes in nearby hotels and resorts. Sohan Das, who plays the dholak, is happy about the benefits tourism has brought to the village. He also fixes water pipes and does some menial labour in the village that fetches him money to run his six-person household.

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The Business Standard, 17 July, 2015, http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/the-ghost-villages-of-uttarakhand-115071701237_1.html


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