KARGIL, MAY 11, 2021: In view of the surge in COVID-19 positive cases, increase in positive rate across district in the recent days and as per the advice of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare GoI to all District Magistrates to undertake containment measures to restrict intermingling amongst people so that spread of infection can be controlled, District Magistrate and Chairman, District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), Kargil Santosh Sukhadeve on Monday issued an order for imposit...
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Two Years On, UT Ladakh Not Released Pension Fund to Bank
KARGIL, MAY 10, 2021: The Union Territory Administration of Ladakh since its formation vociferously claimed that there is abundance of funds in the new administrative setup. However, the sufferings of the retired government employees, who have not received their pension since March this year, tell a different narrative about the funds in UT Ladakh.
The UT Administration has not released the Pension funds to the Jammu and Kashmir Bank since last two years that means since formation of UT i...
Massive rally held in Kargil on International Quds Day
KARGIL, APRIL 07, 2021: Showing solidarity with the people of Palestine and Al-Quds, thousands of people staged a massive rally here in Kargil to mark the International Quds Day 2021. Eyeing on the rising COVID-19 cases in India, the gathering followed proper social distancing, face masks and other Covid Appropriate Behaviors.
After the Friday prayers on the auspicious occasion of Jumma tul Wida at Musalla Imam Khomeini Minji, people moved towards Kargil city for the massive Al Quds prote...
In photos: Martyrdom anniversary of Imam Ali (a.s.) observed in Kargil
KARGIL, MAY 04, 2021: Martyrdom anniversary of Commander of the faithful Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib, peace be upon him, commemorated in Kargil with proper following of Covid-19 Appropriate Behaviors (CAB) and Standard Operating Procedures issued by the District Kargil Administration.
The largest two processions in this regard held in Kargil town under the banner of Imam Khomeini Memorial Trust (IKMT) Kargil and Anjuman Jamiat Ulema Isna Ashriya Kargil (AJUIAK).
Leh Passes Unanimous Resolution to Safeguard Tourism Sector
LEH, APRIL 29, 2021: With the passage of time, locals in Ladakh are steadily realising the consequences of becoming a separate Union Territory after the abrogation of special protections under Article 370 in August 2019. Fearing from the consequences, the people in Leh demanded protection under Sixth Schedule where they seem to have disappointed by the Union Government. Now, the people have started taking some local measures to protect their business, ecology, and culture.
In such an acti...
Ladakh Public Representatives Reject National Level Bidding of Mining Blocks
KARGIL, APRIL 21, 2021: On the Ladakh Union Territory administration’s intention to provide National level bidding for minor mining blocks in Ladakh, various stakeholders including political and socio-religious organisations expressed their resentment over the potential move.
On April 3, the hill council in a meeting had decided to “assist the Department of Geology and Mining UT Ladakh in identification of Minor Minerals blocks on State land at different locations for e-auctioning purpose...
Lessons from Zojila Closure and Shortage of Commodities
The entire region of Ladakh remains mostly dependent on Zojila Pass to inflow human needs whether it is basic need of daily use or secondary needs. For the whole summer season, all goods pass through the Zojila which is the only sustainable and comparatively easy lifeline for Ladakh in summer. Its blockade due to snow in winters results in lot of sufferings and shortage of essential goods for Ladakh.
The Zojila pass which is at an altitude of 11516 feet above the sea level, serves as a si...
Public Reactions: Ladakh after Becoming a Union Territory
Mutasif Hussain (Leh)
Asst. Prof. (History), Indraprastha College for Women, DU
I can understand, Covid has distracted Ladakh from a wide-ranging experience of a Union Territory. At a glance, Ladakh appears more of a bureaucratic state than a modern democracy. Constitutionalism abhors the creation of Power Corridors, one must be reminded. A single MP at the helm, however efficient is not an adequate political office for the entire UT, the lockdown evacuations, the deadlock over unemplo...
Ramzan began: Kargil face shortage of essential commodities
KARGIL, APRIL 12, 2021: Eyeing on the beginning of Holy month of Ramzan, the shortage of essential commodities has posed a major concern to people in Kargil District.
In this regard the Imam Khomeini Memorial Trust Kargil in a Public Notice has appealed the Union Territory and LAHDC administration to make hasty and necessary arrangements of the essential commodities.
While demanding for early opening of Zojila Pass, the socio-religious organization has appealed the shopkeepers and merchants to...
What District Kargil Congress Committee has to say in General Council Meeting?
KARGIL, APRIL 06, 2021: The 4th LAHDC’s 20th General Council Meeting is scheduled to hold tomorrow on Wednesday. In this regard, Councillor from opposition Congress party, Nasir Hussain Munshi spoke to the Voice of Ladakh correspondent to discuss the issues to be raised by his party in the upcoming meeting.
On the very onset of the interview, at 4 PM on Tuesday, he said that the opposition Councillors has not received any draft of the annual plan yet. He hoped that it will be delivered soon. ...