Leh, Jan 18: Principal/Secretary, Health and Medical Education, Dr. Pawan Kotwal chaired a meeting to discuss the Health Department’s Action Plans for the Financial Year 2023-24 and the progress of procurement of Machinery and Equipment under SDP 2022-23.
Various physical infrastructures viz doctor’s/staff quarters at Skurbuchan, Khaltse, Temisgam, and Nyoma, a 30 bedded hospital at Tangtse, CHC building at Padum apart from strengthening of existing hospitals and quarters are being carrie...
Leh, Jan 16: Deputy Commissioner, Leh/ Chairperson, District Level Advisory Committee (DLAC), Shrikant Suse, chaired the 2nd DLAC meeting of Safe Food and Healthy Diet.
The meeting was attended by the concerned members of DLAC, including Chief Medical Officer, Leh; Chief Education Officer, Leh; Assistant Commissioner, Food Safety, Leh; Assistant Director, Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Leh; Executive Officer, Municipal Committee, Leh; District Program Officer, ICDS, Leh; Gener...
A historic moment for Ladakh, says PS Kotwal
Leh, Jan 13: Ladakh Land Records Management Agency (LLaRMA), under the chairmanship of Financial Commissioner, UT Ladakh Dr. Pawan Kotwal signed the Service Level Agreement (SLA) with M/S Monarch Surveyors and Engineering Consultants Pvt Ltd and Consol Geo Technologies Pvt. Ltd for executing the survey/resurvey of digitization of revenue records under the Digital India Land Records Modernization Program (DILRMP).
Dr. Kotwal termed the occasi...
Leh, Jan 13:Secretary, K. Mehboob Ali Khan chaired a meeting for regulating off-roading activities by Tourists/locals in Wildlife areas and other eco-sensitive locations across Ladakh.
It was highlighted during the meeting that locations such as Hanle, Pangong, Hunder, Tsokar, etc. experience most of the off-roading incidents. An urgent need to discourage such activities has been felt considering the harm such activities are causing to the wildlife habitat and Ladakh’s sensitive ecology.
...Fortified salt, oil, and milk to be promoted; Principal Secretary Kotwal
Leh, Jan 11: Principal Secretary/Commissioner Food Safety, UT Ladakh Dr. Pawan Kotwal chaired a meeting to review progress made towards providing fortified food grains in Ladakh.
As per the National Family Health Survey-5; more than 90 percent of children and women (under different age groups) in Ladakh have been found to be anemic. To fight this health condition caused mainly by iron deficiency due to the limited...
Leh, January 10: A day-long brainstorming workshop on Jal Jeevan Mission was organized by District Water and Sanitation Mission, Leh and PHED, Ladakh at Hotel Zen, Leh for the officials of PHED, Leh division.
In his inaugural address, Commissioner/Secretary, PHE, A K Sahu stated that the success of Jal Jeevan Mission in Ladakh is the result of overwhelming community ownership and the relentless work of the JJM workforce who must feel proud of their achievement so far. He said that many o...
Srinagar, Jan 11, KNT: Days after the Apex Body of Ladakh and Kargil Democratic Alliance refused to be part of the high-powered committee constituted by the Government of India, Tsering Dorjay, leader of the Apex Body of Leh and senior vice president of Ladakh Buddhist Association has said that ‘being part of Kashmir’ was better for the people of Ladakh.
He said they were better off in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir than under the Union Territory administration.
The Apex Body...
Leh, Jan 10: Director of College Affairs in collaboration with EJM College, Leh, conducted a workshop on National Education Policy 2020 for the teachers of Higher Secondary Schools of Leh district, keeping in view the implementation of the NEP in the coming session of 2023-24 in the colleges of Ladakh.
About 50 lecturers from different Higher Secondary Schools in the Leh district participated in the workshop, despite being on winter vacation.
Prof. Deskyong Namgyal and Prof. Tashi Ld...
LG Ladakh lays foundation stone today
Leh, Jan 07: The foundation stone of Ladakh Bhawan (Leh Wing) was laid today at Dwarka in Delhi by the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, RK Mathur, in the presence of Chairman/CEC, Adv. Tashi Gyalson; His Eminence Thiksey Rinpoche and other distinguished guests.
Ladakh Bhawan (Leh Wing) will be constructed over an area of 1,266 square meters and will have 21 rooms, two suites, one semi-suite, and two dormitories. Ladakh Bhawan (Leh Wing) has the capac...
VoL Desk, Jan. 07: After announcement of formation of High Powered Committee by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Apex Body Leh and Kargil Democratic Alliance convened an emergency meeting of at Jammu today.
The meeting was aimed to discuss the recent announcement by the Home Ministry about the formation of the High-Powered Committee to resolve the outstanding issues of Union Territory of Ladakh and to take a decision about the participation in the subsequent meetings to be held, read a press...
