Indiaâs first-ever Geothermal Field Dev Project to come up at Leh
Excelsior Correspondent
Leh, Feb 6: A historic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed today at Leh between UT Administration Ladakh, LAHDC-Leh and ONGC Energy Centre in the presence of LG Radha Krishna Mathur, CEC LAHDC, Leh, Advocate Tashi Gyalson, MP Ladakh, Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, Advisor to LG, Umang Narula, for establishing the first-ever Geothermal Field Development Project in India at Puga, Leh.
Secretary PDD Ravinder Kumar; Sachin Kumar Vaishya, CEO, LAHDC Leh, on behalf of UT Administration and LAHDC Leh, respectively, signed the MoU with ONGC Energy centre.
During the event, Mathur that this is the first-ever Geothermal project in India, which will be established in Leh at Puga. He termed it as a proud moment for the people of UT Ladakh. He further added that the moment is a big step towards achieving carbon-neutrality and clean power.
Leh (Ladakh), January 24 (Scoop News)- A full dress rehearsal parade took place ahead of the 72nd Republic Day, at the Polo Ground in Leh today. Deputy Commissioner, Leh, Sachin Kumar Vaishya presided over the parade and unfurled the Indian flag.
The full dress rehearsal ceremony consisted of marching contingent from Central Armed Police Force (CRPF), Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), District Police Leh (men), women IR 25 battalion; women Special Police Officer (SPO), District Police Leh; and Ex- servicemen. Three band parties, including the Ladakh Scouts Regimental Center (LSRC), District Police Leh and IR 25 Battalion female band.
Cultural troupes from both Leh and Kargil districts performed cultural songs and dances on the occasion.
NEW DELHI: There’s good news for adrenaline junkies and mountain lovers. The Ladakh administration has opened up for tourists the iconic Pangong-Tso lake, about six hours drive in summer from capital Leh and currently one of the main theatres of the military face-off with China.
The Ladakh tourism department has started issuing inner line permits online (lahdcpermit.in) from Sunday, even though the drive across the 17,590-ft-high Chang La is risky due to snow and prospect of an avalanche.
But visitors will have to be satisfied with a panoramic view of the 135-km-long lake from its western end. And if they are lucky, they can also see Indian patrol boats in action from here and try to figure out the ‘fingers’ the spurs on the north bank that are at the centre of the border dispute.