New Delhi, May 13: Scientists have reported sighting of the fossil of a Madtsoiidae snake from the molasse deposits of Ladakh Himalaya for the first time indicating their prevalence in the subcontinent for a much longer time than previously thought.
Madtsoiidae is an extinct group of medium-sized to gigantic snakes, firstly appeared during the late Cretaceous and mostly distributed in the Gondwanan landmasses, although their Cenozoic record is extremely scarce. From the fossil record, the...
Revenue gap continuously increasing during past many years
JAMMU, May 15: Ladakh Power Development Department has proposed an average tariff hike of 14.66% during the current financial year keeping in view the continuously increasing revenue gap during the past many years. Moreover, the Aggregate Technical and Commercial (AT&C) and distribution losses are still on the higher side and a matter of concern for the administration of the Union Territory.
In a tariff petition filed before th...
KARGIL, MAY 16, 2022: Secretary, Cooperatives, Power, Animal/Sheep Husbandry, Fisheries, Horticulture/Agriculture Department, UT Ladakh, Ravinder Kumar Dangi on Sunday reviewed the functioning of Marpochu Hydel Power Project, 550 kV small Hydro Project Matayen also inspected on-going sports-related development works in Drass.
The Secretary was accompanied by Chief Engineer PDD Ghulam Ahmed Mir, Director KREDA Kacho Ahmed Ali Khan, Director Animal Husbandry Dr Raza Ali, Chief Agriculture O...
KARGIL, MAY 12, 2022: Chairman and Chief Executive Councillor (CEC), LAHDC, Kargil Feroz Ahmad Khan today chaired a preparatory meeting with Health Department and Baqirya Health Care and Research Centre (BHC&RC) Kargil to organize total Knee and hip replacement (TKR & THR) surgery camp at Kargil.
The Knee Replacement Camp is organised by BHC&RC in collaboration with Health Department, LAHDC Kargil that will be held in Kargil from May 19 to May 21, 2022.
On the occasion, Executive Counc...
Leh, May 11: Advisor, Ladakh (Chairperson, State Level Scheme Sanctioning Committee), Umang Narula chaired a meeting to recommend the Annual Implementation Plan (AIP) under Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin (SBM-G), Phase-II for the financial year 2022-23 at the UT Secretariat.
In the meeting, the concerned officials apprised the Advisor about the preparedness for Open Defecation Free (ODF) plus protocols that ensure all households and public places in a village have access to a toilet; Solid ...
Leh, May 12: Secretary, Cooperative Department, UT Ladakh, Ravinder Kumar chaired a meeting on the road map for functionalisation of the milk pasteurisation plant and strengthening of milk cooperative federation/unions in UT Ladakh in the hall of the Deputy Commissioner, Leh on 10 May.
Chief Animal Husbandry Officer, Leh briefed the meeting agenda points. The agenda points discussed were the design of a logo for the Ladakh Milk Federation (LMF); purchase of film; purchase of milk for the ...
Inaugurates E-Library cum Resource centre
Leh, May 11: The Chairman/CEC, LAHDC Leh, Adv. Tashi Gyalson accompanied by Dy Chairman, Tsering Angchuk, EC Agriculture, Stanzin Chosphel, Leader of Opposition, Tsering Namgyal and Councillors visited the Taru Campus of the University of Ladakh in Leh today.
Officials of the University of Ladakh led by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. S.K Mehta welcomed all the Councillors to the university campus.
CEC Tashi Gyalson in presence of all the digni...
KARGIL, May 11, 2022: A team of expert from Hitachi MGRM Net, deployed by Directorate of School Education, Ladakh to prepare comprehensive Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software today conducted training and capacity building for the staff of government schools on MSTAR (Managing, Scheduling, Tracking, Analysing and Reporting) Applications.
The training session started with an address by Director School Education, Ladakh, Safdar Ali, who emphasized on the need to bring automation in S...
Leh, May 11: An interactive session was organised by the Eliezer Joldan Memorial (EJM) College Leh with the students of the EJM College, ITIs & polytechnic with the delegates from IITs at EJM College Leh.
The IIT delegates include Dr Anil Verma, Professor in Chemical Engineering, Head Continuing Education Program, IIT Delhi; Dr Anil Wali, MD FITT, IIT Delhi; Dr Amitabha Bandyopadhyay, Department of Biological Sciences and Bio-Engineering, IIT Kanpur, professor-in-charge, SIIC (Incubation ...
KARGIL, MAY 10, 2022: Deputy Commissioner and CEO, LAHDC, Kargil Santosh Sukhadeve today chaired an interaction of local entrepreneurs, Self-Help Group members and progressive farmers with the delegates from IITs at Council Secretariat.
The IIT delegates include Dr Anil Verma, Professor in Chemical Engineering, Head Continuing Education Program, IIT Delhi, Dr Anil Wali, MD FITT, IIT Delhi, Dr Amitabha Bandopadhyay, Department of Biological Sciences and Bio-Engineering, IIT Kanpur, profess...
