Fourteen crore, sixty-eight lakh rupees. That is the sum Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has cleared in a single tranche of financial sanctions covering temples, roads, mini-stadiums, handpumps, viewpoints, and crumbling school buildings spread across Uttarakhand's hill and foothills districts — a sweeping localised push announced on 9 November 2026 by the Chief Minister's Office.

Sports infrastructure for Champawat's border villages

The largest single sports outlay goes to Champawat district, where ₹1.85 crore has been approved for two mini-stadiums — at Chaumel and Pulhindola — and three playgrounds at Mulakot, Pati, and Ijada, all within the Lohaghat assembly constituency. These are communities in a remote border district that has historically struggled to retain youth and attract basic amenities. A mini-stadium, in that context, is not a luxury — it is an anchor.

Piran Kaliyar roads, Dharchula viewpoint, and the Jolly Grant link

In Haridwar district, ₹2.49 crore has been sanctioned for concrete and interlocking road construction within the Piran Kaliyar assembly segment — an area that draws significant pilgrimage traffic to the dargah of Alauddin Ali Ahmed. Pithoragarh's Dharchula constituency gets ₹88.79 lakh for a trekking route and viewpoint from Leeti to the Maa Hokra temple, blending religious tourism with mountain infrastructure. And in Dehradun's Doiwala segment, ₹98.75 lakh has been cleared for a road connecting Jolly Grant Sainj Chowki through Juddi village to Kaluwala — a forest-range link that opens last-mile connectivity for interior hamlets.

Temple beautification across Tehri, Pithoragarh, Bageshwar, and Champawat

Temple works dominate the announcement. In Tehri district, ₹39.84 lakh goes toward temple beautification within the Tehri assembly area, while ₹2.98 crore — with a first instalment of ₹1.00 crore released immediately — is earmarked for the renovation of Navdurga Mandir at Bouradi, Nai Tehri. The Hundeshwar Mahadev temple in Pratapnagar constituency receives ₹82.62 lakh for the construction of meditation centres.

In Bageshwar's Kapkot constituency, multiple temples receive a combined ₹1.60 crore. Hingladevi Mandir in Champawat district gets ₹48.41 lakh. Within Pithoragarh's Gangolihat assembly area, temple beautification draws ₹49.34 lakh, while the tourist site at Mankeshwar Siddh Mahadev gets ₹70.00 lakh for heritage development. The Ghatyudia Mandir at Haddakhola village in Didihat constituency receives ₹81.10 lakh for reconstruction and beautification.

Khatimaʼs 300 handpumps and ₹2.50 crore for the Judges' Benevolent Fund

In a measure targeting rural drinking water, ₹86.57 lakh has been sanctioned to install 300 handpumps across Khatima constituency in Udham Singh Nagar district — a Terai segment where CM Dhami himself holds a legislative seat. Separately, the Uttarakhand Judges Association Benevolent Fund receives a sanction of ₹2.50 crore, with an immediate first instalment of ₹1.00 crore approved.

Raipur constituency schools: repair to renewal

The school-repair component targets Raipur assembly segment in Dehradun, with ₹28.18 lakh approved. The list covers repair of primary schools at Kidduwala, Tunwala, Nalapani, Upper Tunwala-Nehru Gram, Dharmpur, Nanookheda, Sauda, and Saraswati Vihar, reconstruction of deteriorating secondary schools at Gujarada, Majri Mafi, Maldewata, Raipur, Minyawala, and Shri Guru Ram Rai Public School, Nehru Gram, plus repair of the building and hostel of Rajiv Gandhi Navodaya Vidyalaya, Raipur.

Taken together, the package stretches from Khatima in the Terai to the high-altitude border zone of Dharchula — nine districts, dozens of villages, one approval order. The test, as always in hill governance, is not the sanction but the site: whether the funds reach the temples, the playgrounds, and the schoolrooms that need them before the next winter sets in.