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Category: ENVIRONMENT

Published: 06 August 2015

LEH: Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control, Sukhnandan Kumar Chowdhery today after reaching Leh visited the flood affected villages of Shey, Thiksey and Chuchot. On his way from Kargil to Leh, he visited Nimoo and Basgo and assessed the damages caused by heavy rain and cloud burst. After assessing the damages and hearing the grievances of the flood affected families at Shey village, the Minister announced a relief of Rs. 20 lakh for immediate restoration works.

He also asked to submit project proposal for the nallahs at the earliest possible. At Thiksey, the Minister directed SE, PWD to clear and broaden the culvert on way to Thiksey monastery the blockage of which caused flood in the village. At Thiksey ration and tents have been provided by district administration to the affected people and JCBs has been deployed to clear the silt collected in the river bed and nallahs.

In Chuchot too some houses have collapsed due to flash flood and the river is diverted unevenly into the village posing further risk to public and private property. The affected people here demanded alternative land at a safer place because they face this danger every year.  The Minister directed the Deputy Commissioner to assess the total land loss and provide with alternative land to those whose land has been repeatedly affected by floods.

At Kargil, the Minister took stock of the drinking water facilities in the district and also of the damages caused by heavy rainfall.  MP, Thupson Chewang apprised the Minister about the pending five nallahs projects which got damaged during 2010 flash flood in the district for which sanctioned funds are still not released from state. He urged the Minister to take up the issue with the concern authorities to release the funds and also to pursue the six other projects for which the proposal stands submitted with the State government.