NEW DELHI, Aug. 20 -- Lieutenant Governor of UT Ladakh, Kavinder Gupta, today called on Hon'ble Union Minister of Civil Aviation, Shri Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu, at his office in New Delhi and discussed critical issues concerning air connectivity in Ladakh.
During the meeting, the Lt Governor strongly advocated for operationalising air services from Kargil and Thoise (Nubra) under the RCS-UDAN scheme, highlighting that these regions remain inadequately connected for most of the year due to difficult terrain and prolonged road closures. He pointed out that the current IAF-operated winter services under Operation Sadbhavana are limited in capacity and only cater to emergency travellers, students, and patients, leaving a vast section of the po...