Leh (Ladakh) [India], May 28 (ANI): Ladakh Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena has formally launched the ‘Sindhu Jal Samriddhi Abhiyan’ with the inauguration of the nation’s first-ever rock test dam on the Indus River in Leh.
This eco-friendly infrastructure mission goals to supply a sustainable and cost-effective resolution to long-standing water shortage challenges confronted by native farmers.
In a put up on X, the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh acknowledged, ‘Inaugurated the primary of its type Rock Check Dam on River Sindhu in Leh, below the formidable ‘Sindhu Jal Samriddhi Abhiyan’, conceived as a sustainable, cost-effective resolution for water and agricultural sustainability in Ladakh.’
‘Unlike the normal concrete test dams, this revolutionary Rock Check Dam is a semi-permanent barrier, constructed by interlocking large rocks, collected from the riverbed. This slows down the circulate of the river and creates an enormous water pondage space, for use by farmers for agricultural functions. The Rock test dam has been designed to resist water strain and forestall it from getting washed away when the water degree within the river will increase in the course of the summer time months,’ the put up added.
The put up additional acknowledged, ‘Have directed the Irrigation & Flood Control Department to assemble three extra such test dams, on experimental foundation. I’m assured that this Rock Check Dam would emerge as an imitable mannequin of engineering ingenuity and ecological sensitivity. It will provide a sustainable treatment for farmers’ irrigation woes, strengthen water safety and help sustainable agriculture in distant villages of Ladakh.’
Meanwhile, on Sunday, the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, Vinai Kumar Saxena, additionally introduced the launch of one other mission in Leh, which is a significant ecological and degraded land restoration drive aiming to reclaim practically 800 acres of barren land at Spituk Village in Leh.
The initiative utilises easy, cost-effective freshwater engineering by channelising extra water from the not too long ago restored Igoo-Phey Canal to hydrate parched soils, flush out poisonous salts, and set off pure vegetation development.
Talking to X, LG mentioned, ‘Glad to share the launch of an formidable ecological and degraded land restoration drive in Ladakh, geared toward restoring practically 800 acres of degraded and barren land at Spituk Village in Leh, utilizing a easy & cost-effective freshwater engineering. The land, mendacity barren for lots of of years, is being watered by channelising the surplus water from the not too long ago restored Igoo-Phey Canal, utilizing easy equipment. Freshwater discharge would finally hydrate the parched soils, flush out poisonous salts, and set off the pure vegetation development, reworking wastelands into fertile, moisture-retaining ecosystems.’
Building upon the success of Project Him Sarovar, this mission is designed to recharge groundwater, bind soil, and increase fertile land for sustainable agricultural actions throughout the area. (ANI)