New Delhi: In communication with Union Home Minister Amit Shah during the just concluded Chintan Shivir, Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang said that due to a lack of modern technologies and harsh living conditions in the border areas, people have started migrating to towns and other places.
"Due to urbanization and economic mobility of people, our border villages have been suffering from the mass exodus of people towards the town. Sikkim with the international border with China had many Yak Herders who herd their animals close to these borders. These people while maintaining their traditional way of life also serve as sentinels of our borders who provide vital information to our security forces. However, due to modern technologies and harsh living conditions in the borders, many have migrated to pursue other occupations," Singh said.
The Chief Minister emphasized that the need to preserve the tradition of these nomadic tribes is urgent. "The border villages require better road connectivity, internet and communication facilities, schooling and health facilities, social security, and better power infrastructure to ensure their survival under the harsh conditions," Singh said.
Sikkim shares an international boundary of 349 kilometers with the Tibetan Autonomous Region of China to the North, Nepal to the West, and Bhutan to the East. On many occasions, PLA makes abortive attempts to intrude into the Indian side through Sikkim.
