DC Leh reviews status of Aadhar enrolment and updation progress

Leh, Nov 22: Deputy Commissioner, Leh, Shrikant Suse, today convened a meeting of District level Aadhaar Monitoring Committee to review the status of Aadhar enrolment and updating in the district with all the concerned departments.

Assistant Manager, UIDAI, Leh, Stanzin Dhonsal presented a detailed report on the ongoing Aadhar enrolment camps and the status of overall live Aadhar enrolment in the district under various categories.

DC Leh stressed that progress of Aadhar enrolment of ch...

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Justice Tashi Rabstan appointed as Executive Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Legal Services Authority

Leh, Nov 22: On November 21, 2022, vide notification No. 617 dated: 21.11.2022 issued by the Department of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Justice Tashi Rabstan, Judge of High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has been appointed as the Executive Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Legal Services Authority.

Justice Tashi Rabstan was born in an agricultural family of Varsudopa on April 10, 1963, in Skurbuchan village, District Leh, UT Ladakh. He did his Graduation and LLB from the Unive...

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Fisheries Department celebrates World Fisheries Day

Kargil, Nov 19, 2022: Department of Fisheries today celebrated the World Fisheries Day 2022 at conference Hall Drass.

The BDC’s of Rambirpura and Bhimbhet, Sarpanches, Panches, fish farmers of the district also attended the event.

While interacting with a large gathering of farmers and PRI members, Murtaza Ali Assistant Director Fisheries Kargil highlighted the importance of World Fisheries Day.

He reiterated that this year the department distributed 55000 trout seeds and 70 quintal...

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SVEEP awareness program on SSR held at Kargil Campus UoL

Kargil, Nov 21, 2022: Systematic Voters Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) Kargil today organized an awareness program on Special Summary Revision (SSR) of Photo Electoral Rolls at Kargil Campus, University of Ladakh (UoL).

Deputy District Election Officer, Nargis Banoo, Tehsildar and AERO Sankoo Sajjad Hussain, Incharge Rector Kargil Campus Dr Jaffar Khan, District Nodal Officer SVEEP Kargil Ghulam Rasool, core members of SVEEP besides PRI members, BLOs and students were prese...

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Work quality compromised by contractor in irrigation kul at Chokiyal, Drass: Public, AEE

VoL Desk, Drass, Nov. 18: Villagers of Doks, Chokiyal alleged compromise of work quality by the contractor in an irrigation kul being constructed at the village. The villager expressed the concern in a mass interaction with the weekly Voice of Ladakh correspondent.

The villagers further alleged that the work is started from the end of the channels of the irrigation kul locally called “hRka-yur” instead of the main water source locally called “hRkong/maa-yur”.

In the video the public sh...

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J&K and Ladakh will be single state once again: Farooq Abdullah

Jammu, Nov 19 (PTI): The National Conference never sided with Pakistan and always stood rock-solid with India, its president Farooq Abdullah asserted on Saturday, as he targeted separatist-turned-mainstream politicians for trying to weaken the party.

The former chief minister advocated for restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir and said the time is not far when Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh will be a single entity once again.

In 2019, the Centre had abrogated Article 370, which gran...

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UPSC civil services aspirants from Ladakh interacts with Rigzen Samphel (IAS)

Leh, Nov 20

A special interaction session was conducted with Shri. Rigzen Samphel (IAS), Resident Commissioner to UP Government, New Delhi and a former Commissioner Secretary of UT Ladakh for the UPSC civil services aspirants undergoing coaching at New Delhi under the LAHDC Leh’s ‘Reway Otzer’ program. 

As informed, a fruitful session was conducted with the aspirants and they cleared doubts on various aspects as well as sought advice from Shri Rigzen.

Chairman/CEC, Adv. Tashi Gyalso...

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CEC Gyalson convenes meeting on the regulation of Minor Mines and Minerals in Leh

Leh Nov 19: Chairman/CEC, Adv Tashi Gyalson convened a meeting today to discuss plans for the regulation of Minor Mines and Minerals in the Leh district.

Dy Director Geology & Mining Ladakh, Dr. A.S Sodhi gave an overview on the current preparations of Minor Mineral blocks. 

CEC Gyalson instructed the concerned officers to ensure that the blocks/plots must be vetted by the Hill Council prior to the auctioning. He also directed that clearances should be taken from the public representat...

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CEC reviews preparation for the upcoming winter tourism season

Discusses plans for Chadar Trek and Marathon on Pangong Lake

Leh, Nov 19: Chairman/CEC, Adv. Tashi Gyalson convened a meeting today with the officers of different departments of District Administration Leh, tourism stakeholders, and officials of Border Road Organisation to review necessary preparations for the Chadar Trek and allied tourism activities including a Marathon on the frozen Pangong Lake ahead of the coming winter tourist season in Ladakh. 

Considering Chadar Trek as an excl...

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2-day free eye cataract surgery camp concludes at CHC Sankoo

49 cataract, 10 pterygium cases operated

Kargil, Nov 18, 2022:

To reduce the backlog of cataract cases in the district, Health Department Kargil, Ladakh on organized a two-day free eye cataract surgery camp at CHC Sankoo in collaboration with Perfect Vision (Super Speciality Eye Hospital) Srinagar which concluded today.

Dr Omar Rashid, a renowned Phaco Surgeon and Corneal Surgeon of Perfect Vision and Consultant Ophthalmologist District Hospital Kargil, Dr Asiya Noor, a renowned Oph...

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