A meeting to speed up the incomplete works under UIDSSMT and AMRUT in Leh town was held on February 22 at Council Secretariat, Leh. 

The meeting was chaired by Dorjey Motup, CEC and was attended by all the Executive Councillors, Gen Lobzang Nyantak, Councillor Upper Leh and P Wangdan, Councillor Lower Leh, Moses Kunzang, ADC.

Enquiring about the progress of all the ongoing works under UIDSSMT and AMRUT in Leh town, Dorjey Motup fixed a timeline for various works being executed by PHE, R&B, Construction, PDD Divisions and Municipality Department.

Following which PHE division will start laying sewerage and drinking water pipelines from Lamdon School to De-be-too from March 3 and complete it by April 15, 2018. The R&B Division will undertake the same road for blacktopping and macadamization after May 15. PHE department to complete all the earth excavation works by April end.  

To ensure smooth traffic movement during earth excavation works, CEC directed ADC, Leh to provide every possible support from the district administration and stressed on close coordination between all the executing agencies taking both the Upper and Lower Leh Councillors in full confidence.  Exn. PDD was also directed to start the underground cabling of electric lines of Leh town including the main market at the earliest.

To ensure minimum inconvenience to the public during work execution, DM directed engineers to take up the work on priority wise in consultation with Councilors. 

 

Moses Kunzang, ADC, informed that due to the escalation in the project cost of Sewerage Treatment Plant and Multi-Tier parking facility for Leh town a meeting at State level will be convened soon.

Stressing on the earliest completion of all works in Leh town, Councillors of Upper and Lower Leh stressed on the earliest completion of work and requested the executing agencies to ensure minimum inconvenience to the public.