Leh, August 19: To provide connectivity, by way of an all-weather road with necessary culverts and cross-drainage structures, operable throughout the year, 50 upgradation road projects proposed under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, PMGSY-III was approved by the UT level Standing Committee for sanctioning and monitoring under the Chairmanship of Advisor Ladakh, Umang Narula.
Under these projects, 419 kms of road at an estimated cost of Rs. 489.22 crore will be constructed in the Unio...
Rural Dev Dept Ladakh organise with CSIR-CRRI
Leh, July 7: A training programme for road construction engineers of Ladakh was commenced today with a focus on the usage of plastic waste and locally available material in road constructions in Ladakh.
The training on advanced technologies and the use of waste plastic in road construction in cold regions has been organised by the Rural Development Department of Ladakh in collaboration with the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), New De...
Umar Raina
Ganderbal, May 18, KNT: Srinagar-Leh Highway was blocked late Wednesday night due to a massive rock slide near Rezan area of Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, where construction work on Z-Morh Tunnel has been going on in full swing.
Local sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that six families had a close shave due to the occurrence of the rock slide. They said the rock, fortunately, didn’t strike the houses and stopped on the road, blocking it completely.
The r...
CEC Feroz Khan chairs emergency meeting to assess situation aftermath of damage to Zamstiyang Bridge
KARGIL, APRIL 30, 2022: Chairman/Chief Executive Counscilor (CEC) LAHDC, Kargil, Feroz Ahmad Khan chaired an emergency meeting to chart out an alternative plan for meeting the exigency situation arisen due to the sudden damage to Zamstiyang Bridge.
The meeting was attended by Deputy Commissioner/CEO LAHDC Kargil, Santosh Sukhdeve, Superintending Engineer (R&B) Kargil, Assistant Commissi...
Leh, April 27: Advisor to Hon’ble Lt. Governor, Umang Narula convened a meeting to review the status of various infrastructure issues being faced by residents of urban areas in Leh and Kargil towns. The meeting was initiated after a delegation of the Ex-Servicemen Welfare Society met the Advisor and submitted a memorandum highlighting the issues concerning road conditions, street lights, ATM machines and children’s parks, etc.
Commissioner/Secretary, Housing and Urban Development Departme...
VoL Desk, April 28, 2022: After the Voice of Ladakh news report on the poor condition of roads in Kargil especially in town, the Chairman and Chief Executive Councillor, LAHDC, Kargil Feroz Ahmad Khan has written to the Lieutenant Governor, Union Territory of Ladakh, R K Mathur demanding to disengage the NHIDCL from developmental projects in Kargil.
“I write to bring to your kind notice the bad conditions of roads in Kargil Town. As your hon’ble self very well knows that the first impress...
