The ethnic food festival of the Kargil district has emerged as a major event, broadening its scope for the preservation and promotion of local culture and tradition while creating livelihoods for the locals. I developed this observation when I had the opportunity to attend the Mamani Food Festival in the border village of Hunderman.
The program, organized by the Himalayan Cultural Heritage Foundation (HCHF), aimed to promote the village for tourism. It featured a speech by its founder, Dr...
VoL Desk, July 23: A delegation from Hunderman Broq village led by Mohd Ilyass called on the Hon’ble Lt Governor, Brig (Dr) BD Mishra at Raj Niwas, Kargil. Shri Ilyass apprised the HLG about the shortage of drinking and irrigation water in Hunderman Broq, stated the LG Office in a post on X.
The delegation informed the LG that KREDA had prepared a project to lift water from the river Suru and requested the sanctioning of a lift irrigation plant at the earliest. The HLG directed Chief Engi...
Kargil, March 07: Chairman/CEC, LAHDC, Kargil, Mohd Jaffer Akhoon attended the virtual launch event of ‘Exploring LoC and Hunderman Village Experience’ under Swadesh Darshan 2.0, inaugurated by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi from Srinagar.
While expressing gratitude to the Government of India for including Kargil in Swadesh Darshan 2.0, Dr Jaffer emphasized the importance of incorporating local insights and collaboration with tour and travel operators for the succ...
