Leh town to be brought under “Tsangda”

ADC Leh sensitizing local unit holders about project ‘Tsangda’.
ADC Leh sensitizing local unit holders about project ‘Tsangda’.

Excelsior Correspondent

LEH, June 27: To cover entire Leh district, including town under scientific disposal /recycle garbage management system, the District Administration Leh has decided to bring Municipal area of Leh town under the ambit of Project “Tsangda”, which is being implemented by Rural Development Department in the rural areas of Leh district very successfully since few years.
Initially the main market, including Nawoshar Market will be covered under project “Tsangda” and the MC Leh will be the implementing agency.
To sensitize and educate various stakeholders of MC Leh area about the project “Tsangda”, the Rural Development Department. Leh under the direction of DC Leh Avny Lavasa is holding series of meetings with members of Municipal Committee Leh, officers and officials of MC Leh and shopkeepers, hoteliers of Leh market since last week.
Today, a large number of business units holders of Leh market, headed by president Merchant Association Leh, P Wangyal, Councillor Khaltsi Lobzang Sharep attended a meeting in DC Conference Hall Leh where ADC, Leh Tsering Paldan and District Panchayat Officer Leh Zakir Hussain sensitized them about the project “Tsangda”, which was initiated with the aim of sustainable waste management in rural pockets of Leh district.
ACD Leh Paldan said that project “Tsangda” is the first ever waste segregation centre in Choglamsar and later extended in Diskit Nubra, Khaltsi, Nimoo, Pangong and Hunder where segregated garbage from the local residents and shops is collected and recycled and renewed into income. Replicating project “Tsangda” in Leh town will solve the problem of garbage dumping ground like Bomb-garh in Leh town and prevent mounting of such unmanageable dumping grounds in future, he added.
A documentary film and play on project “Tsangda”, made by Rural Development Department Leh was also showcased to the participants.

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