Secretary, Youth Services and Sports, UT Ladakh, Ravinder Kumar convened a meeting regarding the first-ever Winter Sports Festival Zanskar 2021, at the Secretariat on January 5.

The festival will be held in Zanskar for 15 days from January 15 to January 30, 2021. The event aims to highlight and promote Zanskar as a tourist destination.

Ravinder Kumar shared that the attractions of the Winter Sports Festival Zanskar 2021 would be Chadar trek, meditation and yoga on snow, ice hockey, snow skiing, snow scooter and hiking, snow sculpting, ice climbing, traditional and modern archery, local food festival, and cultural programme.

Archery Associations of Ladakh, Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF), and other such organisations would be roped in for the smooth conduct of the 1st Winter Sports Festival Zanskar 2021.
 
Ravinder Kumar directed the concerned departments to work in coordination with each other for the successful conduct of the event.

Deputy Commissioner Leh, Sachin Kumar Vaishya Leh; Stanzin Lakpa Councillor LAHDC Kargil; Director Tourism Ladakh, Kunzes Angmo; Tsering Tashi, District Youth Services and Sports Officer, Leh; Dr Thupstan Norboo, Cultural Officer; Manesh Pal Saini, Assistant Commandant, ITBP; Sidharth, Commandant, ITBP, and R Verma, DIG, ITBP, Stanzin Rinchen, Manager, Ladakh Scouts and representative of Information Department Leh attended the meeting.