Leh, Sept. 28: A historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the UT Administration and Border Roads Organisation (BRO) for upgradation and improvement of the Road Network of Ladakh, today, at the UT Secretariat in presence of Principal Secretary, Dr Pawan Kotwal and Lt General, Rajeev Chaudhary, VSM.
The MoU was signed by Brig. Arvinder Singh, Chief Engineer, Project HIMANK, Brig. Ashish Gambhir; Chief Engineer Project VIJAYAK and P.C. Tanoch, Chief Engineer, PW(R&B). ...
LEH, SEPTEMBER 03, 2021: Taxi operators in Leh did not operate taxis in the first half today in protest against the alleged “manhandling” of a driver from Leh in Drass on Thursday. The protest call was announced by General Secretary All Ladakh Transport Operators Association (ALTOA) Stanzin Norboo in a press release.
The press release said that in a meeting of all stakeholders regarding the recent incident at Kargil “where a local taxi driver was manhandled” has unanimously decided that “...
Leh, Sept. 02: Exports of apricots of Ladakh for the first time to Dubai was a historic event, said Saugat Biswas, Secretary, Industries and Commerce, today, in a virtual meeting held with APEDA, Lulu Group Dubai and Krishak Agritech. The meeting was organised by APEDA and Industries & Commerce Department, Ladakh to celebrate the maiden export and chalking a way forward.
Secretary Biswas added that within a short period, UT Ladakh was able to export apricots to Dubai. He expressed his gr...
Leh, Sep 2: The seven days capacity building workshop for the Teachers of the six constituent Colleges of University of Ladakh (UoL) by the team from Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS), Mumbai began today at the UoL campus at Melongthang Leh.
Addressing the inaugural session, the Vice-Chancellor, UoL, Prof S.K.Mehta, said that the main aim of the workshop is to improve the quality of education, to learn more engagement strategies, to improve the performances of the students and to re...
Leh, September 1: Principal Secretary, Planning Development & Monitoring Department/ Chairperson of the Changthang Package Committee, Dr Pawan Kotwal, today, chaired a meeting to review the Rs.129 cr of Changthang Package under Special Development Package (SDP).
During the meeting, Chairperson, Dr Pawan reviewed the ongoing works, the status of procurement items, status regarding non started works and Action Plan of next FY 2022-23. Department including Animal Husbandry (AHD/SHD), Youth...
KARGIL, SEPTEMBER 02, 2021: Escalating the restriction on ply of Kargil taxis on inner routes of Ladakh row, Kargil district observe complete shutdown here today.
All vehicles, public and private transports, merchants, retailers and other establishment are closed in the whole district. While some demonstrators set types on fire on roads and kept various routes closed for transport.
Sources told that roads are blocked at Chutuk near Chutuk Heights, Baroo-Do Bridge, and Shilikchay where all priv...
Leh, Aug 31: Chairman, District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), Leh, Shrikant Suse, convened a meeting to review the temporary and permanent flash flood restoration works in the district.
Chairman DDMA Leh inquired about the status of restoration of damaged roads, headworks of irrigation khuls, electric poles, footbridges, culverts, buildings at Skyu-Markha, Rumchung, Rumbak, Jingchen, Bogdang, Tsati, Murgi, Turtuk and areas affected by flash floods.
Chairman DDMA Leh impressed u...
KARGIL, AUGUST 30, 2021: Chairman and Chief Executive Councillor, LAHDC, Kargil Feroz Ahmad Khan along with the Deputy Commissioner and CEO, LAHDC, Kargil Santosh Sukhadeve flagged off of the first ever international export of Ladakhi apricot to Dubai.
In what can be termed a historic event apricot which is the primary cash crop for the farmers of Kargil was for the first time exported to a forgein country.
Krishak Agritech, a farmer centric organisation that is working with farmers ac...
KARGIL, AUGUST 30, 2021: Two Day District Level Multilingual Hussaini Mushaira organized by Ladakh Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (LAACL), Kargil started at Language Centre Academy Complex Kargil here today.
Executive Councilor for Social Welfare Aga Syed Hassan Arman Mosavi who was the chief guest on the occasion inaugurated the 2 day literary event which is being attended by more than 50 senior as well as novice poets from across the district representing Urdu, Balti, Purgi and S...
KARGIL, AUGUST 29, 2021: Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Kargil Tsering Motup flagged off Fit India Freedom Run 2.0 under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav at Auditorium Hall Kargil here today morning.
The freedom run has been organized by Nehru Yuva Kendra (NYK) Kargil in collaboration with Sports Authority of India (SAI) Training Centre Kargil and District Administration Kargil.
The run started from Auditorium Hall Kargil, and after passing through various locations of Kargil Market con...
