Lieutenant Governor R. K. Mathur convened a series of meeting with NHPC, WAPCOS, and Ernst & Young on May 29.

He discussed the current status of the existing projects and execution of new projects, solar and hydel sectors with the CMD, NHPC Abhay Kumar Singh.

R K Mathur stressed on exploring possibilities to tap in maximum hydropower and solar power generation in Ladakh. 

With the CMD, WAPCOS, R. K. Gupta, he discussed the progress of projects undertaken by WAPCOS in Ladakh. R K Mathur urged the company to expedite the ongoing projects. Also, he requested them to take up drinking water, irrigation, space heating like projects for every habitation in Ladakh under Jal Shakti scheme. 

Issues about Ladakh and the work assigned to Ernst & Young and way forward were discussed at length. The areas included the development of Vision 2050 for Ladakh and PPP modeling of projects in various sectors.