India, March 27 -- Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Friday and sought the Centre's support for several infrastructure and development initiatives in Uttarakhand, including priority for establishing defence equipment manufacturing units in the state.

During the meeting, the chief minister highlighted Uttarakhand's strategic location, the availability of trained human resources and developed industrial infrastructure, as he requested for policy support from the Centre for the setting up of defence production units. He also proposed the establishment of defence equipment production hubs in Kotdwar, Haridwar and Dehradun.

Dhami further requested the extension of the Regional Rap...