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Dhami Names Roorkee Junction 'Shaheed Chowk' as He Links New Inaugurations to Cultural Agenda

He frames pilgrim projects alongside recent legal measures as steps toward making Uttarakhand a spiritual capital.

Overview

  • At Roorkee’s Jeevandeep Ashram, the chief minister inaugurated new facilities and said the Main Marg–Sunahara Marg intersection will be officially named Shaheed Chowk.
  • In Ajmer a day earlier, he opened the second floor of the Akhil Bharatiya Uttarakhand Dharmshala in Pushkar and announced an additional ₹50 lakh in aid after an earlier ₹1 crore grant.
  • Dhami highlighted ongoing pilgrimage infrastructure efforts, citing works in Kedarkhand and Manaskhand, proposed Yamuna site redevelopment, the HaridwarRishikesh corridor, the Sharda corridor, and a Centre for Hindu Studies at Doon University.
  • He outlined state actions that he says protect cultural identity, including enforcement of anti-conversion and anti-riot laws, implementation of a Uniform Civil Code, dissolution of the madrasa board with more than 250 unauthorised madrasas sealed, and recovery of over 9,000 acres of government land.
  • The Roorkee event combined religious rites and social outreach such as a Shat Chandi Mahayagya, distribution of study material, worship of 1,100 girls, and mass marriages, drawing seers, public representatives, and senior officials.