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...
Throughout history, the world has witnessed the worst plagues and epidemics that have devastated mankind. The Prehistoric Epidemic: Circa (3000 B.C.) in China and the Zika Virus Epidemic (2015) in South America and Central America are two of the worst epidemics and pandemics in history, spanning prehistoric to modern times. Another threat to humanity has been first observed in the form of Coronavirus also known as COVID-19. Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a n...
KARGIL, MAY 11, 2021: In view of the surge in COVID-19 positive cases, increase in positive rate across district in the recent days and as per the advice of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare GoI to all District Magistrates to undertake containment measures to restrict intermingling amongst people so that spread of infection can be controlled, District Magistrate and Chairman, District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), Kargil Santosh Sukhadeve on Monday issued an order for imposit...
KARGIL, MAY 10, 2021: The Union Territory Administration of Ladakh since its formation vociferously claimed that there is abundance of funds in the new administrative setup. However, the sufferings of the retired government employees, who have not received their pension since March this year, tell a different narrative about the funds in UT Ladakh.
The UT Administration has not released the Pension funds to the Jammu and Kashmir Bank since last two years that means since formation of UT i...
KARGIL, APRIL 07, 2021: Showing solidarity with the people of Palestine and Al-Quds, thousands of people staged a massive rally here in Kargil to mark the International Quds Day 2021. Eyeing on the rising COVID-19 cases in India, the gathering followed proper social distancing, face masks and other Covid Appropriate Behaviors.
After the Friday prayers on the auspicious occasion of Jumma tul Wida at Musalla Imam Khomeini Minji, people moved towards Kargil city for the massive Al Quds prote...
KARGIL, MAY 04, 2021: Martyrdom anniversary of Commander of the faithful Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib, peace be upon him, commemorated in Kargil with proper following of Covid-19 Appropriate Behaviors (CAB) and Standard Operating Procedures issued by the District Kargil Administration.
The largest two processions in this regard held in Kargil town under the banner of Imam Khomeini Memorial Trust (IKMT) Kargil and Anjuman Jamiat Ulema Isna Ashriya Kargil (AJUIAK).
LEH, APRIL 29, 2021: With the passage of time, locals in Ladakh are steadily realising the consequences of becoming a separate Union Territory after the abrogation of special protections under Article 370 in August 2019. Fearing from the consequences, the people in Leh demanded protection under Sixth Schedule where they seem to have disappointed by the Union Government. Now, the people have started taking some local measures to protect their business, ecology, and culture.
In such an acti...
KARGIL, APRIL 21, 2021: On the Ladakh Union Territory administration’s intention to provide National level bidding for minor mining blocks in Ladakh, various stakeholders including political and socio-religious organisations expressed their resentment over the potential move.
On April 3, the hill council in a meeting had decided to “assist the Department of Geology and Mining UT Ladakh in identification of Minor Minerals blocks on State land at different locations for e-auctioning purpose...
The entire region of Ladakh remains mostly dependent on Zojila Pass to inflow human needs whether it is basic need of daily use or secondary needs. For the whole summer season, all goods pass through the Zojila which is the only sustainable and comparatively easy lifeline for Ladakh in summer. Its blockade due to snow in winters results in lot of sufferings and shortage of essential goods for Ladakh.
The Zojila pass which is at an altitude of 11516 feet above the sea level, serves as a si...
Mutasif Hussain (Leh)
Asst. Prof. (History), Indraprastha College for Women, DU
I can understand, Covid has distracted Ladakh from a wide-ranging experience of a Union Territory. At a glance, Ladakh appears more of a bureaucratic state than a modern democracy. Constitutionalism abhors the creation of Power Corridors, one must be reminded. A single MP at the helm, however efficient is not an adequate political office for the entire UT, the lockdown evacuations, the deadlock over unemplo...
