LAHDC Leh hosts Legislators’ Meet to discuss EPR policies and its implementation in the Indian Himalayan Mountain States 

“If producers can bring waste to the mountains, they should also take responsibility to take it back or not bring it at all” – CEC LAHDC Leh

Leh, Oct 11: LAHDC Leh hosted the Mountain Legislators’ Meet on the occasion of Sustainable Mountain Development Summit XI in the Assembly Hall of the Council Secretariat today. The agenda for the meeting was ‘Extended Producer Responsibility: Policy to Practice’. 

The meet was chaired by the Chairman/CEC, LAHDC Leh, Adv. Tashi Gyalson. Dy Chairma...

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MoEFCC Bhupender Yadav inaugurates SMDS XI in Leh

Stresses the need for environmentally responsible tourism in Ladakh 

Leh, Oct 10: The 11th edition of the Sustainable Mountain Development Summit (SMDS) began today at Sindhu Sanskriti Kendra, Leh. The Union Cabinet Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC) and Labour & Employment, Bhupender Yadav, presided over the opening session of SMDS. He was accompanied by Chairman/CEC, Advocate Tashi Gyalson; MP Ladakh, Jamyang Tsering Namgyal; GOC 14 Corps Lt. Gen Anindya Sengupta...

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Leh to host 11th edition of Sustainable Mountain Development Summit

CEC convenes preliminary meeting with officials of IMI

Leh, May 17: The Chairman/CEC, LAHDC Leh, Advocate Tashi Gyalson convened a meeting today at his office to discuss plans for the Mountain Legislator’s Meet (MLM) at the 11th Sustainable Mountain Development Summit (SMDS) to be hosted in Leh, Ladakh this year. 

In his opening remarks, CEC Tashi Gyalson highlighted the need to consider environmental concerns in decision making given growing pressures from tourism and the fragility of...

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