India, March 10 -- justify;">The Uttarakhand government has constructed or rebuilt 819 panchayat buildings in the state over the past four years, the assembly was informed on Tuesday.

Providing the information during Question Hour, panchayati raj minister Satpal Maharaj said the work was carried out following directions from chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami to improve rural infrastructure and rebuild dilapidated panchayat facilities across the state.

According to the minister, Uttarakhand has a total of 5,867 panchayat buildings, of which 1,134 had been in a dilapidated condition for a long time. The state government subsequently directed the panchayati raj department to undertake a campaign to reconstruct or renovate these structures...