"After studying all aspects of the issue, we have decided to withdraw the Chardham Devasthanam Board Act," the chief minister said.
Chardham priests had been demanding scrapping of the board ever since its creation in 2019, saying it was an infringement of their traditional rights over the temples, a PTI report said.
A high-level committee constituted by Dhami to look into the Devasthanam Board issue had submitted its recommendations to the chief minister in Rishikesh on Sunday. "We went through the details of the report submitted by the panel headed by Manohar Kant Dhyani. After considering all aspects of the issue our government has decided to withdraw the Act," Dhami said, the PTI report said.
Constituted during the tenure of former chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, the Chardham Devasthanam Board in Uttarakhand managed the affairs of 51 temples across the state, including the famous Himalayan temples of Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri.