No roads, hospitals, Uttarakhand villagers flee ancestral houses as Covid comes knocking

Locals of this remote Uttarakhand village have been migrating to nearby towns and cities in search of better facilities to battle the Covid surge while abandoning their ancestral houses.

Scarcity of vaccines coupled with dismal health infrastructure has forced many villagers in Uttarakhand to leave their homes and migrate to nearby towns in search of better facilities as Covid-19 cases spread. In remote villages of Uttarakhand, one often finds roads leading to villages missing. The only option for many staying in far-flung areas is to trek for miles and many a times with bags and luggage. Residents of Seema, a picturesque village nestled in the wooded hills of Uttarakhand, 30 kms from Binsar, have left their health on fate. The only way in and out of the village is a treacherous trek of 3 kms.