<h1>$126.42M loan funds climate-resilient, inclusive Tehri Lake tourism upgrades boosting safety, livelihoods, sanitation, and disaster preparedness</h1> A national government and a multilateral development bank executed a $126.42 million loan to finance a sustainable, climate-resilient tourism project in the Tehri Lake area of Uttarakhand's Tehri Garhwal District. The initiative targets over 87,000 local residents and about 2.7 million annual visitors by improving tourism planning, climate-resilient infrastructure, sanitation, waste management, and disaster preparedness. Interventions include institutional strengthening, nature-based measures to reduce landslide and flood risk, inclusive tourism services prioritizing women and youth, livelihood matching grants for micro and small businesses, universal access design, and a pilot women-led disaster risk management program.