Ladakh LG taps 90 million litres of glacial water after village head's appeal
Ladakh's Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena initiated a project to divert 90 million litres of glacial water into irrigation canals. This effort addresses water shortages for 12 villages by capturing runoff that previously drained into the Indus River.
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This low-cost infrastructure project significantly improves agricultural sustainability and water security for remote mountain communities.
SRINAGAR: Nearly 90 million litres of glacial water have started irrigating more than 1,000 acres of parched farmlands across 12 villages in Ladakh every day, thanks to a pioneering initiative by lieutenant governor (LG) V K Saxena last month.The massive volume of glacier-melt, previously flowing untapped into the River Indus, is now being channelised from Stok village nallah in Leh into the Igoo-Phey Irrigation Canal using simple earthwork that incurred little capital expenditure.It was an appeal from a village chief that drove the LG to brainstorm on harnessing glaciers and snowmelt for productive use.
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