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...
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...
‘Medical Check-up Centre established at Sonmarg’
Sonmarg, May 19, KNT: All passengers and drivers coming to Kashmir by road from Kargil and Leh shall undergo health examination test at tourist resort Sonmarg an official said on Wednesday.
The official told news agency Kashmir News Trust that from today, Health Department Ganderbal has set up a Medical Check-up Centre at Youth Hostel Sonmarg. He said at this Centre, the health condition of all the incoming passengers and drivers from Kargil and...
Leh, May 19: In the wake of the surge in Covid-19 cases in Nubra sub-division, Deputy Commissioner/Chairman, District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), Leh, Shrikant Suse, today visited Sub-Division Hospital (SDH) at Diskit and villages brought under containment to take stock of the arrangements and preparedness for Covid-19.
During his visit to SDH Diskit to review Covid-19 management, Chairman DDMA Leh directed the Executive Engineer of PWD to expedite the construction work of the o...
Leh, May 19: As per the media bulletin released by the Directorate of Health Services UT Ladakh last night, a total of 202 new positive sample reports of Covid-19 were received yesterday. Out of the total positive reports, 164 reports were received by CMO Leh and 38 positive sample reports were received by CMO Kargil.
UT Ladakh reports the death of five patients from Covid-19 yesterday; four in Leh and one in Kargil. The total number of deaths in UT Ladakh has reached 170; 123 in Leh and ...
KARGIL MAY 17, 2021: Department of Labour, Kargil under the supervision of the Assistant Labour Commissioner (ALC) , Kargil Raziya Khatoon carried out a day long awareness-cum-inspection drive of labour camps/ quarantine centres in Batalik area here today.
During the course of the programme, ALC Kargil briefed the workers about the etiquettes and behaviour which needs to be practiced religiously to stop the spread of COVID-19. She urged the labourers to remain properly masked all the time an...
KARGIL, MAY 17, 2021: In order to take stock of the status of healthcare logistics and works related to COVID-19 management , Deputy Commissioner Kargil, Santosh Sukhadeve convened a meeting with the concerned district officers at DC Office here today.
Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Kargil Dr Munawar Hussain Wazir, Executive Engineer PDD Kargil Altaf Hussain, Executive Engineer Mechanical Division Er Ved Prakash, District Immunization Officer (DIO), Kargil Dr Muhammad Abbas besides other concern...
Kargil, May 17: Amid Covid-19 scare, Muslim volunteers of Anjuman Jamiat Ulema Isna Ashriya Kargil of Ladakh buried a Christian who died in hospital from Coronavirus.
Local sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that an NHPC employee Samir Akaa from Ranchi Jharkhand posted in Kargil was tested Covid-19 positive and admitted at Covid-Care Hospital last week.
The infected employee was Christian by faith who succumbed to Covid-19 in the hospital at Kargil.
Muslim AJUIAK volunteers after recei...
Leh, May 16: DDMA Leh has extended the ongoing Covid curfew till 24th May 2021, after a detailed assessment of the current Covid situation in the district.
Chairman, DDMA Leh, Shrikant Suse, issued an order in this regard that notifies the permissible activities allowed during the curfew period.
As per the order, all grocery/ general stores, vegetable/ fruit shops, meat/chicken shops, milk/dairy product shops, bakeries, tyre repair and vehicle spare parts shops would be allowed to open...
