Uttarakhand employees and officers have been instructed to submit details of all their movable and immovable assets, including those of their family members, to the state Personnel Department by December 15. Personnel Secretary Shailesh Bagoli has directed all department heads, secretaries, and their subordinate officers and staff to ensure the asset details are submitted within the given timeline.

Following Uttarakhand High Court instructions, the asset declaration must include property owned at the time of appointment as well as current holdings. Officials must also report any asset increases every five years. The declaration should cover assets of the employee’s spouse, dependent parents, children, or any other dependent relatives. The Personnel Secretary warned that non-compliance would lead to disciplinary action, emphasizing that all department heads and secretaries ensure timely submission.

Separately, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has approved financial sanctions exceeding Rs 210 crore for various development projects, disaster management works, and implementation of CM announcements. This includes Rs 7.24 crore for procuring 71 Bolero vehicles for efficient relief and rescue operations.

A project worth Rs 188.55 crore has been approved to construct a 7-km realignment of NH-109 as part of the Pantnagar Airport expansion. Other projects exceeding Rs 14 crore include Rs 88.76 lakh for a link road from Harkot to Thamdi Kund and Jalth to Phaguni Udyaar in Dharchula (Pithoragarh), Rs 84.12 lakh for a 3.02-km motor road from Dobaata to Martali, and Rs 45.74 lakh for a C.C. link road from Nainipatal to Bhagwati Temple in Didihat. Further, Rs 55.95 lakh has been sanctioned for public tin sheds in Kandi, Chama, and Gata villages under Chakrata (Dehradun), and Rs 499.65 lakh for installing 300 hand pumps in Khatima (Udham Singh Nagar), according to the CMO release.