Admin, BRO Officially Close Zojila for Vehicular Movement

VoL Desk, Jan. 06: Administration and Border Roads Organisation (BRO) officially closed Zojila pass in a closing ceremony here at Zero Point today after a record of keeping the pass open for vehicular movement upto January 06. The Zojila is closed considering the cold weather, avalanche and wind storm.

The Zojila pass was closed last year on January 04, 2022, of which a new record has imprinted this year with keeping the pass open till January 06. The officials have assured to reopen the...

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Pipeline Burst interrupts Water Supply at Kaksar

VoL Desk, Jan. 05: Due to a burst of a water supply pipeline in chilling cold weather water supply has been interrupted at the border village of Kaksar that disturbed the normal lifestyle of around a hundred households.

The pipeline was busted on Wednesday as a result the villagers faced a shortage of drinking and daily use water. In the afternoon the Army Jawans provided water with tankers a video of which went viral on social media.

In addition, local volunteers having load career ve...

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DC Kargil chairs meeting on effective implementation of Safe Food and Healthy Diet

KARGIL, JAN 05, 2023: Deputy Commissioner/CEO, LAHDC, Kargil Santosh Sukhadeve, who is also the chairman of the District Level Authority Committee (DLAC), today chaired a meeting for the effective implementation of “Safe Food and Healthy Diet” in the district.

During the meeting, a detailed discussion and deliberation were held upon the various aspects and effective implementation of “Safe Food and Healthy Diet”.

The meeting discussed registration of Eat Right School, Eat Right Campus ...

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Hydro Tourism to be developed at NHPC Dam, Alchi

Admin Secy, Kacho Mehboob Ali Khan holds discussions with NHPC Officers and Officers from Tourism department/district administration

Leh, January 05: The Tourism Department, Ladakh plans to develop Hydro Tourism in collaboration with NHPC at the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Dam, Alchi on the Indus river. The Administrative Secretary, Tourism Department, Kacho Mehboob Ali Khan chaired a meeting at the Civil Secretariat, Leh.

In the meeting, the Administrative Secreta...

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DC Leh tours Nyoma sub-division; interacts with grazers at Kakjung

Leh, Jan 05: Deputy Commissioner, Leh, Shrikant Suse conducted two-day extensive tour of Nyoma sub-division to review the progress of ongoing development works. Senior Superintendent of Police, Leh, PD Nitya; Councillor Nyoma, Ishey Spalzang; Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Nyoma, Jigmet Angchuk; District Sheep Husbandry Officer, Leh, Dr Tundup Namgail; Sub-Divisional Heads of various departments, including PHE, Medical, Social Welfare, Animal/Sheep Husbandry, Agriculture, etc and other concerned...

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Deploying General Line Teachers against vacant lecturer posts is against norms, says contractual lecturers

VoL Desk, Jan. 05: Contractual lecturers of Kargil district expressed resentment against an order of the Director School Education that has ordered promotion of 78 General Line Teachers against lecturer posts.

Hassan Hundurmani said that lecturer is a gazetted post for which there is no specific rule decided yet, except only one department which is R&B. He said that as per the CBSE and NCERT norms, there is no promotion quota for PGT and TGT posts. They are subject to 100 percent direct r...

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Cooperative Dept. organises one day workshop in cooperative accountancy, audit

Leh, Jan 05: District Audit Office Cooperative Department, Leh organised a one-day workshop -cum-training in ‘Cooperative accountancy and audit’ today for secretaries and accountants of various Cooperative Societies of Leh district in the premises of Cooperative Complex, Leh. 

 A detailed lecture on various topics on accountancy and auditing was delivered by Senior Auditor, Abdul Rashid, Auditor, Rigzin Angchok, and Auditor,Ali Asgar. Also, a special guest lecture was delivered by Abdul Q...

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Capacity Building training for Headteachers of Govt Middle Schools commences at DIET Leh

Leh, Jan 05: A 20-day Capacity Building training for the Headteachers of Government Middle Schools of Leh district commenced at DIET Leh today in the presence of guest speaker Director LEDeG, Ishey Tundup. 

Principal, DIET Leh, Tsetan Dorjey opined that the program would inculcate dynamism and efficacy in the smooth functioning of their respective schools.

A session on the Child Safety and Role of Schools/ POCSO Act was also organised to familiarize the teachers/head teachers with the ...

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10-day ice hockey training concludes at Sani

KARGIL, JAN 04, 2023: The 10-day ice hockey training organized by Nima Odzer Sorig Foundation supported by Zanskar Winter Sports Foundation concluded today at Sani village.

The organizer provided basic ice hockey training to 50 participants to carry out their skills in the field. Executive Councilor, RD, Tourism, and Zanskar Affairs, LAHDC, Kargil Er. Punchok Tashi appreciated the organizer for providing such a platform for children so that they can perform in the State/National level in ...

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LBA Kargil, Anjuman Moin-ul-Islam Leh raise objection on High Powered Committee membership

VoL Desk, Jan 4: After the establishment of the High Powered Committee (HPC) by Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to discuss long-pending issues of Ladakh, a new row has been erupted over members included in the committee.

On the inclusion of Tsewang Nurboo in the committee mentioning him as president of Ladakh Buddhist Association (LBA) Kargil, the organization has raised objection saying that Nurboo is not the President.
The LBA in a statement said that Skarma Dadul is recognised pres...

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