JAMMU, May 28 -- A rock check dam aimed at achieving long-term water and agricultural sustainability in Ladakh was inaugurated by Ladakh's lieutenant governor Vinai Kumar Saxena at Upshi in Leh on Wednesday.

The rock check dam, built over the Indus river, 44 km from Leh, at an altitude of 11,400 feet, has been conceptualised by the LG as an eco-friendly, cost-effective and a sustainable remedy to Ladakh's annual water crisis.

This dam has been built using large rocks, sourced from the riverbed and the surroundings, to hold the water in the river. LG has named the project as "Sindhu Jal Samriddhi Abhiyan (SJSA)" that aims at augmenting the water level by creating rock check dams at specific locations of the river, particularly the narrow...