Centre Allocates Rs 5,958 Crore For Ladakh Development: BJP MP

BJP Ladakh unit chief and MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal has said that Rs 5,958 crores have been set aside for overall inclusive development of the Union Territory in 2020-21 budget by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

"Zanskar opens up from geographical lockdown by connecting Leh-Padum-Darcha road. New Leh-Singayla-Padum Road (280 km) is connected by reducing 160 km from Old Leh-Kargil-Padum Road (440 km) by completing two years of work in two months. Connectivity of infrastructure is the core of modern-day civilisation. Leh to Padum Road connected within a record span of time," Namgyal tweeted.

The lawmaker said that Ladakh is regaining its own geographical, cultural as well as political identity after being made a Union Territory.

"A fresh breeze of development awakes Ladakh after making Ladakh a new Union Territory with Abrogation of Article 370 and 35 A. Ladakh regains the recognition of its own geographical, cultural as well as political identity," he added.

He said that several educational institutions have also been built in the past year in Ladakh.

"Education is the foundation upon which we build the future. Ladakh gets its first University, National Institute of Sowa Rigpa, Management Institute, Medical College, Engineering College and Two Degree Colleges," he said