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IAF to vacate Leh airbase for civilian airport

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The Indian Air Force (IAF) has agreed to vacate the airbase at Leh district which will be used for expansion of the civilian airport by the Jammu and Kashmir government. This was stated at a meeting held by the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Asgar Hassan Samoon, with the officials of IAF, Airport Authority of India Limited (AII) and civil administration at his office here on Thursday, an official spokesman said. Samoon was informed that the state government has identified land in lieu of the existing IAF airbase in Leh. Similarly, the…

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Leh airport expansion caught in admn tangle

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IAF seeks alternative land before vacating 11.8 acre identified for project The expansion of strategically-important Leh airport, one of the world’s highest airfields, has failed to clear administrative hurdles, with the Indian Air Force (IAF) insisting on alternative land before vacating the area identified for the project. The expansion of the Leh airport, located 10,683 feet above the sea level, includes construction of new terminal building to cater to peak-hour passenger rush and creation of new parking bays. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has requisitioned 11.8 acre of land…

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Leh council turns to RSS for UT demand

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The newly elected Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Leh, has sought help from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to intensify its stir for union territory (UT) status to Ladakh as BJP leaders are hesitating to openly support of its long-pending demand. Realising the importance of the RSS, the LAHDC has decided to approach its leaders to get long-pending issues addressed through direct intervention of the Centre. During their first visit to Jammu after the landslide victory of the BJP in the cold desert, the LAHDC delegation headed by Chief…

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Sgr-Leh highway opens for one way traffic

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One-way traffic resumes on highway connecting Ladakh with Kashmir after 6 days Traffic on the highway, connecting the Ladakh region with Kashmir valley was restored from Thursday after remaining suspended from December 11 due to snowfall and slippery road conditions. However, the administration has already announced to close the highway for winter months from December 20 to avoid any accident due to slippery road conditions as the mercury drops to below minus 10 degree Celsius to minus 15 degree at several places. Traffic police sources said, “We allowed one-way traffic…

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Srinagar-Leh highway closed, 400 vehicles stranded

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The 434-km Srinagar-Leh highway—connecting Ladakh region with Kashmir Valley—was closed for traffic on Thursday evening after fresh snowfall in Zojilla area, officials said. Riyaz Ahmad, Deputy Superintendent of Police (Traffic) Ganderbal told that the decision to re-open the highway will be taken after green signal from the Border Roads Organization and Vijayak, responsible for clearing the thoroughfare. “The BRO cleared the road up to Zero Point from Sonamarg side but fresh snow hampered further clearance,” he said. The DSP said 400 vehicles from Drass and Sonamarg side are stranded on…

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Leh council to seek Rs350 cr for rebuilding flood-hit infra

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The newly-constituted Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Leh, in consultation with the district administration has decided to submit a detailed proposal of Rs 350 crore to the state government for rebuilding the infrastructure damaged in the floods in August this year. The proposal also comprises the provision of compensating the affected families which lost their loved ones, if any, in the floods. Of the total projected demand, Rs 100 crore is required to restore the damaged government infrastructure in the district. “We have worked out a proposal of Rs…

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Srinagar-Leh highway open till November 23

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The Sonamarg-Zojila stretch of the strategic Srinagar-Leh highway will remain open till November 23 to clear all stranded vehicles. The road, which is the only surface link connecting Ladakh with the rest of the state through Kashmir, remains closed to traffic during winter due to accumulation of snow on the Sonamarg-Zojila stretch. The decision to keep the road open till November 23 was taken at a meeting convened under the chairmanship of Kashmir Divisional Commissioner Asgar Hassan Samoon here today. It was decided that 50 heavy vehicles would ply on…

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Police busts ATM cloning gang in Leh

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District Police Leh today detained two suspects who were in process of obtaining PIN numbers illegally from the customers at an unguarded ATM in Leh town by pretending themselves as customers and cloning the ATM cards by placing some device on machine. In recent past District Police Leh has been receiving complaints about withdrawals of money from various accounts of customers of Leh at various locations in the National Capital Region (NCR) without their knowledge and accordingly District Police Leh constituted a special team led by Dy SP Hqr Leh…

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Leh council to get new CEC today

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The Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Leh, is set to get a new Chief Executive Councillor (CEC) as all 26 newly elected councillors will take oath in the presence of top leaders of the BJP and PDP at the historic Polo Ground in Leh on Tuesday. After the oath-taking ceremony, the Deputy Commissioner, Leh, Prasanna Ramaswamy G, who serves as Chief Executive Officer of the LAHDC, Leh, will convene the first session of the newly elected council at the Secretariat, where elected councillors will elect the new CEC. Four…

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RSS timely intervention facilitates BJP’s victory in Leh district

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Sangh’s affiliates carried out door-to-door campaigning for saffron party The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) once again came to the rescue of the BJP as it helped the saffron party register its maiden victory in the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Leh, results for which were announced today. The RSS cadre in Leh worked as foot soldiers for the BJP in the last stages of electioneering as the saffron party was finding it difficult to coordinate work at ground level to counter the Congress, which has a strong base in…

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