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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the central government has begun rehabilitating villages that were evacuated during the India-China 1962 war.
While addressing a rally in Uttarakhand’s Harsil, PM Modi said that the government has launched a campaign to turn the two villages in Uttarkashi, which were affected by the 1962 war, into major tourist destinations.
“People might know that when China attacked India in 1962, these two villages of ours were evacuated. People have forgotten, but we cannot forget. We have launched a campaign to rehabilitate those two villages and are moving towards making it a major tourist destination,” PM Modi said.
The prime minister assured that the two villages are among the many villages which will redeveloped in the coming years to transform them into tourist attractions.
“Our effort is that the border areas of Uttarakhand should also get special benefits of tourism. Earlier, the border villages were called the last villages. But we changed this thinking, we said that these are not the last but our first villages. ‘Vibrant Village’ program was started for their development. 10 villages of this area have also been included in this scheme,” he added.
During the 1962 India-China war, several villages along the border were evacuated due to security concerns. In Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand, the villages of Nelang and Jadung were abandoned, with residents relocated to safer areas. In Arunachal Pradesh, villages such as Kaho, Kibithu, Musai (Meshai), and Thembang also faced evacuations.
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