Category: Ladakh

Ladakh

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

Editor

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…

Read More

Srinagar-Leh highway open till November 23

Editor

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…

Read More

Exhibition showcases rock art heritage of Ladakh

Editor

The first of its kind exhibition on rock art heritage of Ladakh was today inaugurated by Chief Executive Councillor (CEC), Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Leh, Sonam Dawa in Leh town. The exhibition showcases the presentation of a collection of prehistoric rock art of Ladakh over last 15 years by Tashi Dawa, a zoology lecturer at Degree College, Leh. The exhibition is being organised and sponsored by the Leh Development Authority (LDA), Leh. Tashi Dawa gave a brief presentation on his collection of the rescued rock piece and rock…

Read More

Police busts ATM cloning gang in Leh

Editor

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…

Read More

Srinagar-Leh highway awaits ‘all weather connectivity’

Editor

Though the government of India (GoI) has approved and sanctioned the construction of two vital tunnels on strategic Srinagar-Leh national highway to make it an all ‘weather road’, however the delay in the execution of these two vital projects has marred the purpose of this project. Much to the respite for the people of Kargil and Leh, the twin districts in Jammu and Kashmir, which remain inaccessible for rest of the country due to inclement weather during winters, it was not less than a dream come true. The strategic 434…

Read More

Police issue traffic schedule for Kargil road

Editor

The Traffic Police today issued a new schedule for the commuters in view of the bad condition of the Sonamarg-Drass road around the Zojila axis. In a statement issued here today, the Superintendent of Police (SP), Traffic (Kashmir-Rural), said the traffic from Drass to Sonamarg would be allowed on odd days (Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday) while traffic from Sonamarg to Drass would be allowed on even days (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday) of the week. The SP further said, for the traffic moving from Drass to Sonamarg, the cut-off time…

Read More

‘Ladakh to emerge as defecation free region’

Editor

“The Ladakh should emerge as the defecation free by changing the practices of the people through Mission Swachh Bharat,’ said Deputy Director Rural Sanitation in an awareness camp organized at Numa,  183 kms away from Leh. The awareness camp is the one among series of programs held here in Ladakh  to sanitize the locals about the sanitation and its various components, organized jointly by National Welfare Forum an NGO  with Rural Sanitation Department Kashmir. Ahmad Hussain Bhat , Deputy  Director Rural Sanitation  while speaking on the occasion said,   “Ladakh…

Read More

Students from Kargil demand competitive entrance exam centers in Ladakh

Editor

All Ladakh Students Coordination Committee Kargil today staged a protest march in Kargil demanding setting up of UPSC, JKSSRB, JKPSC, SSC and other university level entrance examination centers in both districts of Ladakh region. Various organizations including Islamia School Kargil, Imam Khomeini Trust, Bar Association, Ahle Sunnat Jamat Kargil, Buddhist Association Kargil, Merchant Association, Youth Action Committee and various other organizations also supported the protest. The protest rally started from Hussaini Park and while marching through Kargil market concluded at Lal Chowk where student leaders addressed to the gathering. Student…

Read More

Zojila Pass reopens for traffic; 800 stranded vehicles move towards Sonamarg

Editor

After four days of closure, Srinagar-Leh Highway today reopened for vehicular traffic. The road was closed on 5th November after heavy snowfall at Zojila Pass. Hundreds of vehicles and passengers were stranded on both sides of the pass. In Drass many non-Ladakhi drivers were anxiously waiting for the opening of the road. District Police Kargil today informed that more than 800 vehicles were allowed to move from Drass to Sonamarg on Sunday amid severe cold. Police Officials in Kargil said, “Today we have allowed one-way traffic from Kargil to Srinagar…

Read More

Leh council to get new CEC today

Editor

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…

Read More