LEH, May 4 -- The Lieutenant Governor of Union Territory of Ladakh, Vinai Kumar Saxena, called on the Union Minister for Jal Shakti, CR Patil, in New Delhi and discussed various ongoing water resource, irrigation, and flood management projects in Ladakh.
The Lieutenant Governor apprised the Minister about the Project Him Sarovar, an ambitious initiative of the UT Administration launched recently in Ladakh, which aims at conserving the snow and glacial melt by constructing water bodies in villages. The LG informed that 50 water storage ponds, in the first phase, are being constructed to harness and store snowmelt and glacial runoff. The Lieutenant Governor explained that the project is designed to address seasonal water shortages, particula...