Chief of DEFENCE StaffGeneral Anil Chauhan emphasised the need to repopulate the unoccupied areas near the border in Uttarakhand, saying if repopulation isnt possible, then such areas should be madetourist hubs.
In Uttarakhand, there are vast unoccupied areas which are even far away from the last villages of the state towards the border. We have to see if we can repopulate them and, if, that is prob-lematic, we have to see if we can popularise border tourism there, the CDS said at an event in New Delhi.