Lieutenant Governor, R K Mathur sanctioned ₹78, 69,000 as financial assistance to the registered Building and Other Construction Workers (B&OCW) of UT Ladakh on May 24.

The financial help has been sanctioned as the Building and Other Construction Workers are battling hardships due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic in the region.  A total of 7,869 registered workers of the Union Territory of Ladakh would be benefitted from the financial help to be transferred directly to the respective bank accounts of all the registered workers.