Leh yet to get Central aid

DAMAGE DUE TO CLOUDBURST
Leh yet to get Central aid
Yangchan Dolma

Leh, March 19
Even after eight months of the devastating cloudburst causing a huge damage to life and property in the Ladakh region, Leh district is yet to receive any major financial support from the Union government.

Many important projects, including the irrigation canal, were incomplete due to lack of funds. The irrigation canal was to be reconstructed within two months to avoid drought-like situation in the district. It was earlier reconstructed temporarily after the cloudburst to protect the standing crops.

To restore different works and clear debris from agricultural lands damaged by the flash floods, a detailed report of projects worth Rs 148 crore and Rs 16.5 crore had been submitted by the state government to the Centre for sanction of the funds under the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund.

The chief executive councillor (CEC) of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Leh, Rigzin Spalbar, said, “The LAHDC has taken up the demand for funds at various levels. Apart from correspondences to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and the Union ministers concerned for their intervention in this regard, the chief executive councillor had visited New Delhi twice”. The CEC also met the Prime Minister at the Parliament House in New Delhi yesterday and urged him to intervene for ensuring the timely release of funds, early restoration of various projects damaged in the floods and removal of debris from agricultural land to allow cultivation.

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