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.
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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...
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...
