42 villages in Govind Wildlife Sanctuary (Govind Pashuvihar) in Uttarkashi district DELINKED from reserved area, allowing humans to create houses, infrastructure (concrete Jungle).

On October 9, 2013, the Uttarakhand government issued notification to Delink 42 villages of Govind Pashuvihar in Uttarkashi district from reserved forest area which will open up fresh avenues of development in these hamlets.

A final notification identifying an area spread over 481.05 sq km as reserved forest has been issued and 42 villages which were earlier part of it have been kept out of its ambit for the sake of development.
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