KARGIL, MARCH 22, 2021: Observing the World Water Day 2021 on the theme “Valuing Water” series of events held at different places of Kargil today.
With other parts of the country, Gram Panchayats across Kargil district attended the webcast of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s nationwide address on Jal Shakti Abhiyan with the theme of “Catch the rain, when and where it falls”.
After the webcast, Sarpanchs conducted Gram Sabhas on value and conservation of water. PRI members along with vill...
Ganderbal, March 9, 2021: The historic Manasbal Lake in Jammu and Kashmir has turned into a gutter due to dumping of garbage and other filthy items on its banks. The water of the lake has become polluted and the stink is spreading all around.
According to CNS Manasbal Lake consists of water from numerous springs which are located at the top of the lake. The water gushing from the springs offers a beautiful view.
Mansbal is counted among the six most beautiful lakes in the world. A few ...
Leh, March 5: Advisor Ladakh, Umang Narula today convened a meeting at UT Secretariat to review waste management and ban on single use plastics.
The meeting discussed the menace of single use plastics and the need to make alternate products available in the market to the consumers. The Deputy Commissioners informed the meeting that regular inspections of the markets are being conducted and plastics bags are seized.
The Advisor asked the Secretaries to seek community participation in reducing t...
KARGIL FEBRUARY 23, 2021: Nehru Yuva Kendra (NYK) Kargil, Ladakh organized the launching ceremony of National Water Mission’s “Catch the Rain Campaign” with the tagline “Catch the Rain Where it Falls, When it Falls” at Tourist Facilitation Center (TFC) Kargil here today.
Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC), Kargil Tsering Motup, Programme officer, ICDS Kargil Nargis Banoo, District Youth Coordinator NYK Kargil Jigmat Spaldon besides other participants were present on the occasion.
ADC...
Ladakh is often called an “Arid desert” as it falls in “rain shadow zone”. The main sources of irrigation are perennial rivers fed by glaciers and streams fed by seasonal snow and aquifers with catchment confined within spurs. While gravity canals taking off from rivers irrigate moderate to low laying land along river valleys, small water channels known as “khul” in revenue parlance taking off from streams irrigate land on higher contours in valley settlements.
Till recent past, Ladakh us...
Recently we saw a village in Drass area of Kargil district, second coldest inhabited place on the earth, protesting over scarcity of water. Two days later, a video of another village from Kargil had gone viral on social media where people were seen lapsed into violence reportedly on a dispute over water. Insufficient supply of water has remained an essential issue especially in town area and also in villages.
Few miles away from the above incidents, few folk women in Minjee village, while...
Leh/ Dec. 24/ News Desk/ A lake in the Changthang village of Ladakh, what the locals call Tsokor has been added to the Ramsar’s list of sites of international importance, maintained a tweet by the official twitter handle of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India on Wednesday.
#India ends the year 2020 by declaring its 42nd #Ramsar_site. Tsokar wetland complex, 4500 meters above sea level in the Changthang region of #Ladakh, was added to the list of sites o...
