{"id":9869,"date":"2026-10-25T00:42:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T07:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/?p=9869"},"modified":"2026-10-25T00:42:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T07:42:19","slug":"dhami-announces-100-mile-himalayan-ultra-run-from-next-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/25\/dhami-announces-100-mile-himalayan-ultra-run-from-next-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Dhami announces 100-mile Himalayan ultra run from next May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><strong>Dhami announces 100-mile Himalayan ultra run from next May<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><strong>B.D.Kasniyal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><strong>Pithoragarh, Oct 25<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami today announced that the state government would organise a 100-mile Himalayan endurance ultra-run race every year from May next year to promote adventure sports in the state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">\u201cThe race will start from Mana village in the Garhwal region and culminate at Auli via Badrinath and Joshimath,\u201d the Chief Minister said at Gunji in the Adi Kailash region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Dhami was speaking at an award ceremony organised for the Adi Kailash Ultra Run, where he presented awards to the winners of the 70-km and 42-km races.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">\u201cIt is not merely a race but also a test of one&#8217;s physical endurance, self-confidence, willpower, courage and determination,\u201d the Chief Minister said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">He said the state government was promoting adventure sports to attract more tourists to Uttarakhand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">\u201cWe have promoted activities such as river rafting, kayaking, trekking, paragliding and mountain cycling to boost adventure tourism. These activities span the state&#8217;s diverse terrain, from its high mountain ranges to the waters of the Ganga in Rishikesh,\u201d Dhami said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The Chief Minister said adventure sports and tourism activities in border areas were opening up new livelihood opportunities for local residents and strengthening the economies of remote villages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">\u201cVillagers are now returning to their native villages and earning their livelihoods through homestays, working as tourist guides and providing transportation facilities to visitors,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Dhami added that these initiatives had also contributed to a rise in the number of pilgrims visiting Adi Kailash. According to him, the number of pilgrims stood at 36,500 in 2025 and had increased to 67,000 so far this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dhami announces 100-mile Himalayan ultra run from next May B.D.Kasniyal Pithoragarh, Oct 25 Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami today announced that the state government would organise a 100-mile Himalayan endurance ultra-run race every year from May next year to promote adventure sports in the state. \u201cThe race will start from Mana village in the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":9870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92,1284,91,35,39,59],"tags":[4402,2167,4405,443,370],"class_list":["post-9869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-international-political-national","category-national","category-sports","category-tourism","category-uttarakhand","tag-adi-kailash-marathon-run-2026","tag-adventure-sports-activities","tag-auli","tag-gunji","tag-uttarakhand-chief-minister-pushkar-singh-dhami"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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