Overview

• Union ministers offered in-principle support for Uttarakhand’s infrastructure agenda, encompassing Ganga corridor development and funding for Mahakumbh 2027 and the Nanda Raj Jat Yatra.
• Dhami’s package includes requests for a semiconductor hub at Nepa Farm, extension of the Delhi–Meerut RRTS to Haridwar and new rail links to Tanakpur–Bageshwar and Rishikesh–Uttarkashi.
• The Uttarakhand chief minister secured backing for a ₹1,015-crore DPR to underground power lines and automate grids in Rishikesh and Haridwar and for five hydropower projects totalling 596 MW.
• Himachal CM Sukhu obtained assurances for expanded air services on Shimla and Dharamshala routes, night landing facilities, four new heliports and accelerated Kangra airport expansion.
• He urged higher borrowing limits to ease monsoon-induced financial strain and sought central aid for reconstructing flood-damaged roads under the PM Gati Shakti Yojana.