KARGIL, MAY 25, 2021: Villayat Ali, with few chunky books, notebooks, and a mobile phone travels three to four kilometers daily on foot from his home in Majadass towards the national highway to get access to internet connectivity. His village Karkit is not connected with telecom service yet. Internet access is not a hobby or fun for him, but a genuine need to attend his college classes on Zoom Application amidst the COVID-19 lockdown.
Villayat is pursuing graduation with a major in Natura...
Stresses youth to start entrepreneurship in farming sector
KARGIL MAY 25, 2021: Deputy Commissioner and CEO, LAHDC, Kargil Santosh Sukhadeve inaugurated vegetable seedling distribution among farming families at Floriculture Garden near Agriculture Complex Baroo here today.
Around 3 to 4 lakh vegetable seedlings are being distributed among the farming community all over the district within a period of 10 to 15 days by involving Councilors and PRI members to benefit maximum number of farmers in ...
Leh, May 24: Lieutenant Governor of UT Ladakh, R K Mathur, has sanctioned Rs 78,69,000/ as financial assistance to the registered Building and Other Construction Workers (B&OCW) of UT Ladakh.
The financial help has been sanctioned as the B&OCWs are battling hardships due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic in the region.
A total of 7,869 registered workers of the Union Territory of Ladakh would be benefitted from the financial help to be transferred directly to the respective bank accoun...
Stresses on employment opportunities to locals in tunnel construction works to boost local economy
KARGIL, MAY 23, 2021: Member Parliament (MP) Ladakh Jamyang Tsering Namgyal inspected the pace of progress on the ongoing works of Zojila Tunnel on the National Highway NH-01 at Meenamarg here today.
General Manager (GM), National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) Ashwini Kumar, General Manager (GM), Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Limited (MEIL) Fayaz Ahme...
Stresses for proper implementation of central sponsored schemes
KARGIL, MAY 22, 2021: Member Parliament (MP) Ladakh Jamyang Tsering Namgyal today chaired a meeting of the District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DISHA) to review the progress achieved under different centrally sponsored schemes in Kargil district.
Members of the committee including the Executive Councillor for Health Muhammad Ali Chandan, Deputy Commissioner/ CEO, LAHDC, Kargil and Member Secretary DI...
Leh, May 22: The UT Administration sanctioned the constitution of “Ladakh Skill Development Mission (LSDM)”. The LSDM will be a two-tier structure comprising of the Governing Council and Executive Committee.
The Advisor to the LG Ladakh is the chairperson of the Governing Council, which will be the apex decision-making body. Secretary, Technical Education and Skill Development Department, is designated as the Mission Director of the LSDM.
The mission will formulate and steer the skill...
KARGIL MAY 21, 2021: In order to take stock of the present status of telecommunication services being provided to users and telecom infrastructure development works in the district, Member Parliament (MP) Ladakh Jamyang Tsering Namgyal convened a meeting with the telecom operators at Tourist Facilitation Center Biamathang here today.
Deputy Commissioner and CEO, LAHDC, Kargil Santosh Sukhadeve, representatives of BSNL and Jio Telecom Services besides other concerned officers were present...
Leh, May 21: As a part of Covid mitigation measure, the District Administration, Leh, today collected swab samples of 50% of shopkeepers, including grocery/vegetable sellers and other essential commodities shops, during a drive in the Khaltsi sub-division.
Swab samples were collected from shopkeepers who were allowed to open their shops during the ongoing Covid curfew. The swab samples of the remaining 50% of shopkeepers would be collected tomorrow to avoid any inconvenience to the publi...
Leh, May 20: Councillor, Panamik, Tsering Sangdup and Councillor, Tiger (Kyagar), Rigzin Lhundup, today met Deputy Commissioner (DC), Leh, Shrikant Suse, during his visit to Nubra to inspect Covid preparedness in the valley.
The LAHDC councillors discussed various issues and steps to mitigate the surge in Covid cases in the valley with DC Leh. They deliberated upon establishing Covid Care Centres/ institutional quarantine centres at the village level with the required facilities, includin...
Leh, May 20: Vice-Chancellor, University of Ladakh, Chhewang Phunsog, IAS (Retd.), today visited the Leh Campus of the University of Ladakh at Taru.
The Vice-Chancellor discussed the execution of various works in the Campus and Elite Consultancy with the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) engineers.
VC Chhewang Phunsog also laid the foundation stone of the main gate of the University Campus and inaugurated the laboratories of the Departments of Zoology and Geology. He flagged off t...
