LEH, May 27 -- An innovative Rock Check Dam, the first of its kind in India, aimed at achieving long-term water and agricultural sustainability in Ladakh, was today inaugurated by Lieutenant Governor, Vinai Kumar Saxena, at Upshi in Leh. The Rock Check Dam, built over River Indus, 44 km from Leh, at an altitude of 11,400 feet, has been conceptualised by L-G Shri Saxena as an eco-friendly, cost-effective and a sustainable remedy to Ladakh's water crisis.
This rock check dam has been built using large rocks, sourced from the riverbed and the surroundings, to hold the water in the river. L-G Shri Saxena has named the project as "Sindhu Jal Samriddhi Abhiyan (SJSA)" that aims at augmenting the water level by creating rock check dams at specifi...