Dehradun, July 16 -- Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital on Monday and sought financial assistance for upgrading the state's infrastructure, according to an official statement. During the meeting, Dhami invited the prime minister to attend the Nanda Raj Jat Yatra, scheduled to be held in the state next year, and requested Rs 400 crore from the Centre to develop necessary infrastructure for facilitating the pilgrimage, the statement issued by the Chief Minister's Office said. The chief minister appealed to Modi to direct the concerned ministries to develop the Nepa Farm in Udham Singh Nagar as a centre for semiconductors, extend the Regional Rapid Transit System between Delhi and Meerut to Haridwar and include a provision for road construction in Tanakpur-Bageshwar and Rishikesh-Uttarkashi rail projects, it said. htc...