Dehradun, March 10 -- During the four years of Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami's second tenure, 819 Panchayat buildings have been constructed or reconstructed across the state, Panchayati Raj Minister Satpal Maharaj said during the Question Hour of the Assembly on Tuesday.

CM Dhami had directed the Panchayati Raj Department to launch a special campaign to rebuild these deteriorated buildings. Following these directions, the department has constructed or reconstructed 819 Panchayat buildings over the past four years, while work on the remaining buildings is still underway.

Meanwhile, the Public Works Department (PWD) has made more than 7,000 km of roads pothole-free in the state by the first week of November. According to ...