India, Aug. 21 -- Led by the Lieutenant Governor, Vinai Kumar Saxena, the Union Territory of Ladakh has successfully started utilising a massive 90 million litres of glacier water per day for sustainable water and agricultural security in Ladakh. Previously lost as untapped runoff into the River Indus, this colossal volume of glacial-melt water from Stok village Nallah in Leh is now being directly channelised into the Igoo-Phey Irrigation Canal, catering to nearly 12 villages and augmenting irrigation of over 1000 acres of barren land that earlier remained parched due to paucity of water in the canal. This landmark initiative uses simple earthwork to channelise and utilise the glacial runoff, without incurring any capital expenditure. Thi...