Dr Negi is head of migration commission
Tribune News Service
Dehradun, October 1
A former Himachal cadre Indian Forest officer and former DG (Forest) and Special Secretary to Government of India Dr Sharad Singh Negi has been appointed chairman of Uttarakhand Village Development and Migration Commission. The commission has been formed to check migration from hilly to plain areas and work for development of rural areas.
Dr Negi belongs to Pauri Garhwal district was Director, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, and Director, Environment and Climate Change, Government of Himachal Pradesh.
Talking to mediapersons, Dr SS Negi said it would be his priority to dwell on the reasons for migration from hill areas. He said man-animal conflict was one of the reasons for migration.
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