Secretary Mehboob Ali Khan calls on CEC, Kargil

KARGIL, MAY 03, 2021: Secretary Tourism, Culture, Labour and Employment Ladakh Mehboob Ali Khan called on the Chairman and Chief Executive Councillor, LAHDC, Kargil Feroz Ahmad Khan at the Council Secretariat Kargil here today and discussed various issues related to the development of tourism, culture, labour and employment sectors.

Executive Councillor for Social Welfare Aga Syed Hassan Arman Mosavi, Executive Councillor for Works Mubarak Shah Nagvi, Executive Councillor for Tourism Er P...

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450 Stranded trucks allowed to leave for Kargil today

Umar Raina, Ganderbal, May 3, KNT: The 434-km Srinagar-Leh highway was thrown open for Heavy Motor Vehicles today after improvement in weather and snow clearance operation.

The highway was earlier thrown open for light motor vehicles after a hiatus of over 3 months. However, Heavy Motor Vehicles (HMVs) were not allowed to ply on the highway due to slippery conditions of the road.

Hundreds of HMVs were stranded at different places of the district including Sonmarg, Gagangeer and Gund. Recently,...

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Secy Mehboob reviews functioning of Tourism, LAACL, Libraries in Kargil

KARGIL, MAY 03, 2021: Secretary Tourism and Culture UT Ladakh Kacho Mehboob Ali Khan reviewed the functioning of Tourism, Ladakh Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (LAACL) and Libraries during a meeting with the concerned officers at Tourist Facilitation Centre Biamathang here today.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Kargil Development Authority Ghulam Mohiuddin Wani, Assistant Director Tourism Aga Syed Toha, Executive Engineer R&B-II Kacho Mehmood Ali Khan, Executive Engineer Kargil Developm...

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Emergency Covid equipment airlifted from Delhi to Leh

Leh, May 03: Deputy Commissioner, Leh, Shrikant Suse, today acknowledged Air Vistara for airlifting medical devices that were urgently required at the SNM Hospital in light of the Covid-19 situation but were lying in Delhi due to the closure of the national highways.

DC Leh Shrikant Suse had taken up the matter with Air Vistara and had asked them to airlift the medical devices at the earliest.

Air Vistara, under the Vistara National Relief Programme, took prompt action and facilitated...

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UoL launches upgraded website, official Twitter handle

KARGIL MAY 03, 2021: Vice Chancellor, University of Ladakh (UoL) C Phunsog launched the University’s upgraded website and the official Twitter handle in the Administrative Office at Kurbathang here on Sunday. 

Registrar UoL Imteeaz Kacho, Dean Students Welfare Dr Amjad Ali, Assistant Registrar Aga Syed Ali Shah besides and other concerned officers were present on the occasion. 

Expressing satisfaction on the overall design and features of the website, the VC UoL appreciated the efforts...

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CEC takes stock of facilities at Dedicated COVID-19 Hospital Kargil

KARGIL, MAY 01, 2021: Chairman and Chief Executive Councillor, LAHDC, Kargil Feroz Ahmad Khan along with the Deputy Commissioner and CEO, LAHDC, Kargil Santosh Sukhadeve took stock of patient care facilities at the Dedicated COVID-19 Hospital Kurbathang here today.

Superintending Engineer PWD Kargil Er Ved Prakash, Executive Engineer R&B-II Kacho Mehmood Ali Khan, Executive Engineer PHE Subhash Chander, Executive Engineer Mechanical Division Om Prakash, Executive Engineer PDD Altaf Hussai...

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Secy Tourism takes stock of wayside tourist amenities along NH-1D

KARGIL, MAY 01, 2021: Secretary, Tourism and Culture UT Ladakh Mehboob Ali Khan during his 5 day visit to Kargil district took stock of wayside amenities for tourists on the Srinagar-Kargil-Leh National Highway NH-1D from Hinaskot to Shargole here today.

The Secretary visited the heritage village of Hinaskot, Tourist Dak Bungalow, castle and a local museum in the Village and said that Hinaskot is an important historic village on the NH-01 and needs to be preserved and promoted on the tourism ...

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Secy Power & NRE visits Igoo Martselang Hydel Project

Leh, May 01: Secretary Power and New & Renewable Energy, Ravinder Kumar, today visited the 2X1.5 MW Igoo-Martselang Hydel Project to review the project status and proposed works in the State Plan (CAPEX) and ongoing SDP 2021.22.

He was accompanied by Chief Engineer, Distribution / Generation UT Ladakh, Chief Project Engineer Civil Wing, Superintending Engineer Distribution Circle, Executive Engineer and other departmental engineers and officers.

Secretary Power directed the Chief Proje...

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Secy Tourism visits sub-division Khaltsi

Leh, May 01: Secretary, Tourism, Mehboob Ali Khan, today visited sub-division Khaltsi to inspect amenities for tourists.

Assistant Director, Tourism, Jigmet Namgyal and Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Khaltsi, Tanveer Ahmed accompanied the Secretary.

Secretary, Mehboob Ali Khan, visited the tourist reception centre (TRC)-cum-dormitory at Khaltsi and the library. He also inspected the wayside amenities at Likir thang and Khaltsi.

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DC Kargil Visits Meenamarg Screening Point

KARGIL, APRIL 29, 2021: District Magistrate/Deputy Commissioner and CEO, LAHDC, Kargil Santosh Sukhadeve today visited Meenamarg Screening Point and took stock of the availability of necessary infrastructure and other logistics pertaining to screening and sample collection of inbound passengers.

The Deputy Commissioner while inquiring from the concerned officers about the screening facilities and other logistics established so far directed them to enhance the screening counters from the e...

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