Leh, 12 Sept: Principal/Secretary, Housing and Urban Development Department UT Ladakh Sanjeev Khirwar chaired a meeting to discuss the nitty-gritties of the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the comprehensive sewerage system and Sewerage Treatment Plan (STP) for Kargil district being prepared by executing agency Ecofirst Services Limited, in the presence of officials of the Project Monitoring Unit – PricewaterhouseCoopers Private Limited.
Discussions were held on revising the report as pe...
Reach out to maximum beneficiaries, states Advisor Dr. Kotwal
Leh, Sept 12: Advisor Ladakh, Dr. Pawan Kotwal chaired a meeting to review preparations for the rollout of the PM Vishwakarma Scheme in the Union Territory of Ladakh, along with the rest of the country on 17th September 2023.
The scheme was announced in February this year and aims at improving the quality, scale, and reach of products hand-made by traditional artisans and craftspeople with the help of tools. Under the scheme, th...
Leh, Sept 11: Secretary Border Management, Ministry of Home Affairs, Atal Dullo chaired a meeting to review the progress of various border road projects being implemented by BRO, ITBP and CPWD in Ladakh.
Advisor UT Ladakh, Dr Pawan Kotwal, Principal Secretary Sanjeev Khirwar, Additional Director General, Western Command, ITBP, Administrative Secretaries, and other officers from ITBP, BRO, CPWD and concerned officials of the UT Administration attended the meeting held at DC conference hall...
Jammu,Septmeber 11: China has not occupied even a single inch of Indian land in Ladakh, according to Ladakh Lieutenant Governor Brigadier (Dr) B D Mishra. He made this statement in response to questions from the media during the North Tech Symposium 2023 at IIT Jammu campus.
These questions were related to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s claim that China had taken control of a significant portion of Indian territory in Ladakh. While LG Ladakh did not directly comment on Rahul’s statement,...
Leh, 11 September: The Ministry of Home Affairs had sanctioned two Border Battalions and two Women Battalions for the Border Districts of the erstwhile J&K State which also included the then Ladakh Division. 270 posts for the Border Battalion and 162 posts for the Women Battalion were earmarked for the two districts of Ladakh i.e., Kargil and Leh.
The posts were advertised in 2019 and physical tests/examinations of the candidates from Ladakh who had applied for these posts were held bet...
Kargil, Sep 11: GDC Drass today launched the first batch of “21st Century Employability Skills Course: Intermediate” at the college campus under the guidance of Principal, Dr Amjad Ali Abassi.
Employability Course: Intermediate on is offered by Wadhwani Foundation in collaboration with Higher Education Department UT Ladakh. It is a three-month skills course aimed at honing fundamental skills such as communication, teamwork, costumer centricity, attitude and behavioral skills, problem-solv...
Deliberations held on the water supply in the districts of Ladakh
Leh, Sept. 11: The Principal Secretary to the Administration, Housing & Urban Development Department, UT Ladakh Sanjeev Khirwar convened a meeting to review the status of 24×7 water supply in Leh & Kargil, at the Civil Secretariat, Leh. At the outset, a detailed presentation on the status of the 24×7 water supply in Leh and Kargil by the Tata Consulting Engineers covered various aspects, including the wards, scope of work, ...
New Delhi, Sept. 11: The Union Territory of Ladakh participated in the ‘Indian Craft Bazaar organized on the sidelines of G20 Leader’s Summit’ held at the International Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre (IECC), Pragati Maidan of New Delhi from 9th to 10th of September, 2023.
The bazaar featured 30 stalls selling items from various States and Union Territories of India such as Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Seven North Eastern states...
Leh, Sept. 09: Joint Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, Amit Kataria chaired a meeting to review the progress made in the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and the Vibrant Village Programme in the Union Territory of Ladakh.
Besides, Secretary, Rural Development Department, UT Ladakh, Amit Sharma was also present during the meeting. During the review meeting, the Joint Secretary analyzed various aspects of MGN...
Kargil, Sep 09: As per the directions of Ladakh Legal Services Authority, the District Legal Services Authority Kargil organized the 3rd National Lok Adalat in which five benches were constituted for different kinds of cases pending in the Courts like criminal Compoundable matters, cases u/s 138 NI Act. MACT cases, Bank recovery cases, Matrimonial disputes and other civil cases etc.
The 1st bench was presided over by Iqbal Ahmad Masoudi, Principal District and Sessions Judge Kargil and Ad...
