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Ladakh

Avalanche hits Turtuk in Leh, Jawan goes missing

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A soldier is missing and another is in critical condition after an Army patrol party was hit by an avalanche in Leh’s Turtuk on Friday morning. The Army has launched a search operation for the missing soldier. A ‘medium danger’ avalanche warning was issued for the higher areas of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday morning and people were advised to not venture into these areas. The advisory, issued by the Chandigarh-based Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment that comes under the ministry of defence, will remain effective for 24 hours beginning…

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Buddhist eco-village to come up in Ladakh

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Jammu and Kashmir will soon have the first-ever Buddhist “eco-village” in the arid Ladakh region. To be named “Lotus Eco-Village”, it will come up in Saboo at an altitude of 11,627 feet and nearly 7 km from Leh town. The project has been conceived by the Ladakh Buddhist Association (LBA) — a religious body in Leh which holds sway over Buddhists in the entire region. The project will be executed over 1,000 kanals with an estimated cost of Rs 400 crore. The LBA says the funds will be arranged through…

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Army forces admn to stop all works near LAC in Ladakh

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QUOTE: “The Army has not been allowing us to undertake development works in Chumar village. Last week, we started work on the construction of a road towards a village located close to the LAC, where the local grazers of our side go along with their cattle, but soldiers forced the contractor to abandon the project. Local Army officers had given a lame excuse that they had been directed by their higher-ups not to allow any kind of development work in the area,” Sonam Dawa Lonpo, CEC, LAHDC In a major…

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Leh highway may reopen by March 25

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Less snowfall paves way for early opening of Ladakh lifeline Less snowfall has turned out to be a blessing in disguise for the arid Ladakh region this year as the strategic 434-km Srinagar-Kargil-Leh highway, the lifeline of the country’s cold desert, is likely to be opened to traffic by March 25, almost one and a half months earlier than its opening last year. The highway usually remains closed for more than five months from December to first week of May due to accumulation of heavy snow at Zojila — the…

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Mobile tower commissioned at Phila Sal Sal in Ladakh

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A mobile tower has been commissioned at Phila Sal Sal in Ladakh region under a joint initiative by the Leh-based 14 Corps and BSNL. The requisite infrastructure for the project at Phila Sal Sal was provided by the Army. “BSNL moved its resources from Jammu, which were airlifted to Leh and further placed at a location under the aegis of 14 Corps Signalers. The initiative by the Army will benefit local residents and tourists visiting the area,” said a Defence spokesperson. Ladakh region has a poor communication network due to…

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Highway connecting Ladakh with Kashmir likely to reopen a month earlier

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The Highway, connecting the Ladakh region with the Kashmir valley is likely to reopen a month earlier this year if there is no fresh snowfall on the most troubled portion of the strategically important road between Sonmarg-Zojilla and Meenmarg. The highway was closed in December last year after snowfall and slippery road conditions due to below freezing point temperature.   The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) authorities have already started snow clearance operation on both sides of the Zojilla, where the Union government has already sanctioned construction of tunnel to make the…

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Fiery Chinars to light up cold desert landscape

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The gorgeous Chinar trees that dot Kashmir valley’s landscape and are a major attraction of the famed Mughal gardens would soon be seen in the cold desert region of Ladakh. Department of Floriculture would plant the famed royal tree – Chinar in Ladakh, an extremely cold and dry desert with rocky and uneven terrain where the harsh climate and low temperatures limit the number and type of vegetation. Talking to us, Director Floriculture Talat Parvez said, “We will plant around five saplings each at five to six locations adjoining water…

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Kargil council submits memorandum to Guv

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A delegation of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Kargil, called on Governor NN Vohra at the civil secretariat here today and submitted him a memorandum highlighting various demands and issues of people of Kargil district. The delegation led by Muhammad Haneefa Jan, Chairman and Chief Executive Councillor, LAHDC-Kargil, urged the Governor to maintain the existing scale of rations supply to Kargil district under the National Food Security Act; sanctioning of additional quota of kerosene to Kargil district; inclusion of Kargil under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation; funds…

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Govt defers NFSA implementation in 4 districts after ration card irregularities

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People of Srinagar, Baramulla, Leh, Kargil to get ration at old rates The Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CAPD) department has deferred the implementation of National Food Safety Act (NFSA) in areas, where large scale irregularities have come to the notice of the government in updation of consumer data. Sources said ration will be provided at old rates in the districts of Srinagar, Baramulla  Leh and Kargil due to large scale irregularities in the updation of data. As per the NFSA rates, the BPL families will get rice and atta…

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Cover Kargil under Central urban scheme: Azad

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Terming Kargil one of the two strategic towns of the Ladakh region which should be given a fair treatment, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad has asked the Central government to consider the “battlefield of 1999 Kargil War” under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT). Azad has written to Union Minister for Urban Development Venkaiah Naidu asking him to include Kargil under AMRUT. He has forwarded a letter of Kargil MLA Asgar Ali Karbalai to the Union Minister and gave brief account of the…

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