Dehradun: Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has granted financial approval of ₹805 crore for development schemes and construction works across various districts of the state. With this fund, various works will be undertaken, including road construction and repair, beautification of religious sites, security and strengthening of dams and barrages, replacement of sewer lines, construction of tube wells, and multi-purpose buildings. Additionally, the installment for the third quarter of the financial year 2026-27 has also been released to urban local bodies.
The Chief Minister has approved ₹1.72 crore for separate development works in the Ranikhet assembly constituency of Almora district. Furthermore, ₹398.30 crore has been sanctioned under a World Bank-funded project for the security and strengthening of six dams and barrages of UJVN Limited.
In Champawat district, ₹58.67 lakh has been sanctioned for the beautification of the Bhagwati Mela site in Dudhauri gram panchayat, and ₹47.85 lakh for the development and beautification of the Bhagwati Durga temple in Quarsingh (Amodi) gram panchayat. ₹2.20 crore has been approved for constructing a proposed shed on the existing first floor of RGICS in Raipur, Dehradun.
In the Didihat assembly constituency of Pithoragarh district, ₹74.44 lakh has been sanctioned for constructing a CC road from Kiroli School to Jaitbuga. Meanwhile, ₹4.92 crore has been approved for the first phase of exterior beautification of buildings numbered 1 to 23 along the main road in Harsil, Uttarkashi district.
₹328.28 Crore Installment for Urban Bodies
In anticipation of the recommendations of the 6th State Finance Commission and based on the recommendations of the 5th State Finance Commission, the Chief Minister has sanctioned ₹328.28 crore for all urban local bodies in the state for the third quarter—October to December 2026—of the financial year 2026-27. This amount will be released on an ad-hoc basis.
Sewerage Systems and Drinking Water Projects Also Approved
In Haridwar district, ₹7.65 crore has been sanctioned to replace damaged and undersized sewer lines in the Maintenance Branch (Ganga), Zone-1 Bhupatwala area. Meanwhile, ₹6.24 crore has been approved for replacing sewer lines at various locations in Zone-2 Kankhal.
₹9.84 crore has been sanctioned for strengthening tube wells, overhead tanks, rising mains, and distribution systems in Chak Tunwala 1/4 and Bhadrakali Enclave 1/2 areas of Raipur development block in Dehradun.
Under Dehradun’s South Branch, ₹3.80 crore has been sanctioned to replace a damaged sewer line from Dispensary Road to Raja Road in Dhamawala ward.
Funds for Temples and Administrative Buildings
In the Jaspur assembly constituency of Udham Singh Nagar district, ₹1.62 crore has been sanctioned for strengthening temples. In Pithoragarh district, ₹32.53 lakh has been approved for the development and beautification of the Guru Gorakhnath Temple fair site, and ₹99.39 lakh for the beautification of the Ghatika Temple in Chalnichina (Jageshwar assembly constituency) of Almora district.
₹9.09 crore has been approved for constructing the Excise Department office and residential building in Roshanabad, Haridwar. ₹24.47 crore has been sanctioned for constructing the Pithoragarh Municipal Corporation office building. Meanwhile, a multi-purpose administrative building will be built at a cost of ₹4 crore in Selagaon for the Purnagiri Mela in the Champawat assembly constituency. This will provide a facility for the Mela Magistrate, Mela Officer, police, doctors, and concerned officials and staff to work under one roof.
