The Rural Development and Migration Prevention Commission ofUttarakhandhas handed over its interim report for 2018-2022 to the state government. While the commission claims a fall in permanent migration, data presented in the report reflects an overall rise in people moving out in the last five years.

From 2018 to 2022, a total of 3.3 lakh people migrated from different parts of the state, especially the hills, the report says. Out of these, 3 lakh from 6,436 villages of 92 blocks opted for temporary Migration, which means they didn’t leave their homes in the villages permanently, while in this period, 28,631 people of 2,067 villages in 72 blocks moved out permanently.

Till 2011, Uttarakhand had 1,034 uninhabited villages and the number rose by 734 from 2011 to 2018.

Earlier, from 2008 to 2018, a total of 5.02 lakh had migrated from the state’s villages. Of these, 3.8 lakh who migrated from 6,338 villages kept visiting their place periodically, whereas 1.1 lakh have permanently shifted out.