New Delhi, Oct. 5 -- The Uttarakhand government has taken its Cabinet meeting outside Dehradun for the first time, holding it at Banbasa in Champawat district near the India-Nepal border. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said Cabinet meetings would also be held in other districts to bring local issues, development potential and regional priorities before the government.

The Banbasa meeting at the NHPC premises was presented by the government as an effort to reduce the distance between governance and people in remote and border areas. Dhami said meetings in different parts of the state would allow the government to understand local conditions, public expectations and development requirements closely and support quicker decisions on regi...