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| Rs 260 crore WB assistance for development in Leh region | | |
Srinagar, Sept 30: Financial assistance to the tune of Rs 260 crore is being spent in Ladakh region for improving the agriculture, forestry and rural development sectors under the World Bank's Environmental Development Programme.
This was disclosed by Forest and Environment Minister Qazi Mohammad Afzal at World Bank's workshop on Participatory Watershed Management Project (PWMP) at Leh yesterday.
Qazi said under integrated watershed development project, Phase I and II has already been launched in Kashmir and Jammu. Now the state government has chosen Ladakh to bring it under the ambit of World Bank mission scheme.
The Forest Minister said Leh and Kargil districts have a typical ecological system with harsh climatic conditions. He said it is the endeavour of the government to provide every facility to Ladakh to improve its flora and fauna and arrest the desertification for maintaining of ecological balance.
Detailed discussions and interactions were held during the workshop and areas were identified for taking schemes under the integrated watershed development programme, Qazi said. |
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