VoL Desk, Nov. 14: After widespread public outcry following the introduction of the Ladakh Industrial Land Allotment Policy 2023, Dr. Pawan Kotwal, Advisor to LG Ladakh, addressed public concerns during a press conference in Leh.
In his statements to the media, he emphasized that the fundamental objectives of the policy were geared towards creating employment opportunities for locals, fostering the growth of the local economy, promoting prosperity, and improving the living standards of t...
VoL Desk, Nov. 14: The Apex body, led by Thupstan Chhewang, convened a press conference in Leh to express their strong opposition to the recently introduced Ladakh Industrial Land Allotment Policy 2023. The gathering included prominent members of the Apex Body, Thupstan Chhewang, Tsering Dorjay, Ashraf Barcha and others among them.
During the press conference, Thupstan Chhewang emphasized that the industrial land allotment policy should not take precedence over more pressing concerns of t...
Kargil, Nov. 07: Ladakh New Industrial Land Allotment Policy 2023 which was recently implemented in Ladakh raised outrage among the civil society. After the coming into force of this policy Advocate Mustafa Haji raised concern over the policy that “in the policy there is no mention of LAHDC which indicates that the institution represented by people has been sidelined”.
During an interview with voice of Ladakh correspondent, advocate Mustafa Haji said that “despite our opinion in the draf...
VoL Desk, May 10: The Central Government is reportedly considering a proposal to empower the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils (LAHDCs) of Leh and Kargil to protect the land, environment, culture, language, and heritage of the region, reported a news report recently.
This move is expected to provide more financial and administrative powers to the councils to carry out development work and ensure adequate safeguards. While a similar proposal was discussed a year ago but didn’t ma...
Kargil, April 06: The Centre government has stated that no outsider has purchased land or invested in the Union Territory of Ladakh since 2019, amid demands for statehood and special status under the sixth schedule of the Constitution.
The Minister of State (Home Affairs), Nityanand Rai, informed Rajya Sabha of this fact, which is significant considering the ongoing protests by the Leh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA). These organizations have been demanding protectio...
The administration of Union Territory Ladakh has proposed to notify 5.69 lakh Kanals of land in Drass area of Kargil district as a field firing range.
In a notification, a copy of which is in possession of news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the UT administration has invited objections, if any, from general public over the proposal of firing range.
“Objections in this regard, if any, may be communicated to Deputy Commissioner, Kargil within a period of two months from the date of ...
Leh, Feb 10: Principal Secretary Dr. Pawan Kotwal called a meeting to discuss the progress of road construction/widening and other infrastructural development projects such as bridges, tunnels, etc being undertaken by Projects Vijayak, Himank, Yojak of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) and NHIDCL, across Ladakh.
In this regard, matters pertaining to the acquisition of land from private owners and wildlife/forest areas were discussed up to solutions for uninterrupted progress of the said...
KARGIL, MAY 19, 2022: District Administration Kargil today conducted a demolition drive against alleged illegal land encroachments on grazing land at Goshan area of Drass and retrieved the land.
The anti-encroachment drive was conducted under the overall supervision of Assistant Commissioner Revenue Kargil Abdul Gaffar Zargar.
Sub Divisional Magistrate Drass, Anwar Hussain, SHO Drass Fazil Abass, besides other concerned officials of police and civil departments were also present during...
Appreciates efforts of district administration Kargil for completing land acquisition paperwork in record time and during extreme winter
KARGIL, FEBRUARY 14, 2022: Commission Secretary UT Ladakh, Ajeet Kumar Sahu today chaired a review meeting to assess the developmental works on Kargil-Zanskar Highway (NH-301) here today at Conference Hall, Baroo.
Assistant Commissioner Revenue A G Zargar, Chief Planning Officer (CPO) Abdul Hadi, Chief Engineer Mechanical Division Fareed Ali Chowdhary, Su...
Leh, February, 12: On the directions of Deputy Commissioner, Leh, a meeting regarding the anti-encroachment drive was chaired by SDM Nubra, Lakshay Singhal today.
He directed to intensify field visits by all the revenue staff and said that a roaster will be issued soon in this regard.
SDM, Nubra also asked the concerned officials to update the land records and asked for an infrastructure audit to check the land allotment to other departments.
Further, he asked to delete the fake rec...
