Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. At the peak of Uttarakhand s statehood movement in the 1990s, the hills would often reverberate with the "Kodo-Jhangora khayenge, Uttarakhand banayenge" slogan, remembers Dwarika Prasad Semwal, a social activist who has pioneered a mission to popularise the state s traditional foods. India News | Garh Bhoj: A Social Activist s Mission to Popularise Traditional U Khand Foods.
The farms in the hilly villages of Uttarakhand, have been under regular attacks from wild animals over the last few years. These constant attacks have left several people dead, cattle injured, crops and buildings damaged and farmlands .