VoL Desk, July 21: Department of Environmental Sciences, Govt. Model Degree College Zanskar organized one day practical cum study tour for the students of Environmental Sciences and Environment Impact Assessment Skill course.
According to the programme schedule, students were taken to Haftal Hydroelectric Project at Sani village. JE Mr. Chimba briefed the students about the history, functioning and future prospects of the project.
Later on, the students were acquainted with the working of ...
Global climate change has hit hard every place on earth and humans have been failing all their efforts to either restrict it or lessen its effects. Though humans have always been active in finding alternatives to the possibilities that the earth offers. These alternatives have often their own repercussions, inviting yet other challenges to be dealt with. This is largely due to the trampling of boundaries set by nature in the guise of the contemporary yet temporary ways of life. As Vidal De L...
Among many things, the government of India is very keen on developing road infrastructure in UT Ladakh, this has become even more important after the escalation in tension with the country’s largest neighbour. Sharmistha Mukherjee writes in The Economic Times, “the government’s emphasis on infrastructure development in border areas after the escalation in tensions with its largest neighbour, sale of construction equipment to the Border Road Organization (BRO) has increased 50% in the first h...
VoL Desk, April 29, 2022: Border Road Organisation (BRO) laborers are not provided basic amenities of toilet, toiletry, and sanitation, reported a page ascribed to the Aam Aadmi Party Ladakh on Facebook today.
In a clip, the Facebook page shows a number of BRO laborers ruining the sanctity of River Indus. The pollution of the River Indus is a concern to people and villages dependent on the river for farming and drinking water.
The Aam Aadmi Party page requested the BRO HQ Upshi to prov...
Ladakh, situated in the northernmost area of the western Indian Himalaya, between the Karakoram Range in the north and the greater Himalaya in the south consists of two districts, Leh and Kargil. It is the newest Union territory, created on October 31, 2019, after being separated from the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir following the repeal of Article 370 on August 05, 2019. The area is characterized by harsh terrain, limited resources, low accessibility, and extreme climatic conditions...
Leh, December 1: Advisor Ladakh and Chairman, UT Level Special Task Force, Umang Narula chaired a meeting to review the progress made for preparation of a comprehensive plan for elimination of Single Use Plastic in Ladakh by the UT Level Special Task Force.
Advisor Narula directed all the concerned departments to prepare an integrated and holistic action plan within the prescribed deadlines in the thematic format circulated by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
Adv...
Leh, Sept 27: The member of National Commission for Safai Karamchari (NCSK), Government of India, Anjna Panwar, today chaired a meeting to review the status of safai karamchari in Leh district with the concerned departmental officers and workers.
Member of NCSK, Anjna Panwar, stressed that the safai karamchari play a vital role in the Swachh Bharat vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. She impressed upon the concerned officials to fully implement various projects started by the Central...
KARGIL, JUNE 19, 2021: In an event at Tourist Facilitation Centre, Director Rural Development Department (RDD) Tahir Hussain Zabdawi flagged off seven garbage management vehicles to six blocks of Kargil district. This event held besides awareness camps in Panchayat Halqa Shilikchay and Goma Minjee. The resource persons in the awareness camps emphasized on segregation of degradable and nondegradable wastes. Theories in their speech were ideal; while to know the reality, implemented on ground ...
KARGIL, JUNE 17, 2021: Department of Botany, Government Degree College (GDC), Kargil organized an online webinar entitled “Role of Plants in Combatting Desertification” on Thursday 17h June to celebrate World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought 2021.
Dr. Ovaid Akhtar Assistant Professor Department of Botany, Kamla Nehru Institute of Physical and Social Science Sultanpur was the resource person on the occasion. Dr. Amina Qari, Principal and Dr. Javed Naqi Vice Principal, Govt. Degre...
KARGIL, JUNE 06, 2021: Department of Botany, Government Degree College (GDC), Kargil organised an online webinar entitled “Environment and Health” on Saturday to mark World Environment Day 2021.
Professor N. B. Singh, Plant Physiology Laboratory, Dept of Botany, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj was the resource person; while Dr. Amina Quari, Principal, Govt. Degree College, Kargil and Dr. Ajey Singh, Nehru Gram Baharati University (Deemed to be University), Pryagraj were chief patron a...
