Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests present this Two Hundred and Sixty-seventh Report on 'Unprecedented floods in Srinagar and warning and forecasting of floods and environmental issues in Leh, Jammu and Pathankot'. Concerned with the unprecedented floods in the context of climate change in Srinagar …
Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests present this Two Hundred and Sixty-seventh Report on 'Unprecedented floods in Srinagar and warning and forecasting of floods and environmental issues in Leh, Jammu and Pathankot'. Concerned with the unprecedented floods in the context of climate change in Srinagar …
Ladakh's high-altitude environment, which makes it so attractive to tourists, also leaves them prone to skin diseases, something local residents and temporary settlers have already been suffering from, a study has shown. The only dermatology department in the area, the one at the military hospital in Leh, conducted a year-long …
Leh: Even a mention of its name portrays the rugged terrain of the Himalayas with thin air, sparse vegetation and hardly enough water. Leh, however, was far removed from its stereotype this Monday. The high altitude cold desert was the site of a huge plantation drive, massive enough to set …
The goal of this report is to inform investors about the potential of solar minigrid technologies to serve India’s rural market. India, a rapidly emerging economy with the world’s second largest population, is facing a surging energy demand. A large portion of India’s rural population, which represents 60% of the …
The land of rugged beauty has been suffering from the maladies of modern life accentuated by heavy use of fossil fuel especially diesel. However, in last two years, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has initiated an ambitious project to save the region from the clutches of fossil fuel.
No fresh taxes except on tobacco products y VAT on cooking gas, fertilisers goes y Sops for IT, science, Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather today presented a "zero deficit" budget for 2012-13. Except proposing a hike on tobacco products and liquor, the Finance Minister announced various sops for the common …
Srinagar, Leh town in Ladakh region experienced its coldest night of the season with mercury plunging 21 degrees below freezing point even as cold wave in Kashmir region intensified. Leh town in Ladakh recorded the coldest night of this season as mercury settled at a low of minus 21.8 degrees …
Leh, Dec 22 : The Chief Executive Councilor, LAHDC, Leh Rigzin Spalbar today convened a meeting of Council to discuss various important issues concerning further promotion of tourism industry. Addressing the meeting, the Chief Executive Councilor, said that this year a record number of tourists visited Leh and if we …
RAVAGED by flash floods in August, Leh is in dire need of homes for the victims. But rehabilitation work is far from over because of shortage of labour. Victims of floods that followed the biggest cloudburst ever in Ladakh, are living in tents or unfinished houses. Padma Chodol’s house has …
The objective of this assignment is to develop an Area Based Energy Service Company (ESCO) Model for Solar Water Heating (SWH) and to assess the potential of Carbon Financing in order to achieve scale in SWH development in the country. In the recent years, India has witnessed considerable progress in …
NEW DELHI, Aug 25: Based on detailed analysis of weather data of last five years in Leh, Ladakh, scientists have attributed the recent cloudburst in the region to prolonged winters which may be due to climate change. "After going through the sequence of events of the weather that led to …
India may finally have an answer to China's rail link to Tibet. Inspired by the rail link to Lhasa in their backyard, the Himachal Pradesh government is now planning one right through Manali into Leh. The state's Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal has written to the PMO to help develop …
The decision by Jammu and Kashmir's Leh district to declare the Changthang region a highaltitude wildlife sanctuary has put Ladakh's Changpa nomads in a fix. The nomads have, for long, been using the land for grazing their livestock including their famous pashm goats. They say the decision will hem them …
a study claims the maximum temperature over the northwestern Himalayas is increasing at a much faster rate than the minimum temperature. Another study claims it is just the opposite for most of the northern hemisphere, where the minimum temperature is rising faster than the maximum temperature. Change in temperature affects …
The rate of stomach cancer prevalence in Leh district of Jammu and Kashmir is alarming. Since the year 2000, as many as 72 cases of stomach cancer have been reported from Leh where 1,17,637 people live, according to a local surgeon. This works out to about four times the national …
In Ladakh, the rest of India is referred to as down . Because, at no point in Leh district would you be less than about three kilometres above the mean sea level. This vast barren district is more than 45,000 square kilometre (sq km); it is perhaps India's largest and …
In Ladakhi, lango khel means conquering the highest point of a pass in the mountains. In Ladakhi schools, it means the matriculation (class X) examination. From 1947 to 1998, matriculation results in Leh district hovered between 0-5 per cent. The reasons are not difficult to fathom. Children grew up speaking …
Life in a cold desert is harsh and exacting. You need enormous amounts of energy for everything, but there are very few sources. Getting electricity to light up houses in Leh is no easy task. About two-thirds of the power supply in the summer comes from diesel generator sets (DG) …
It is widely accepted that panchayati raj is shaping up much better in Leh as compared to other districts of J&K.; The first real panchayat elections in the state were held only in May 2001. Even then, modalities of decentralisation of power to elected village representatives were not issued. After …
