NL Correspondent
Leh: The Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh (HLG), Brigadier (Dr) BD Mishra (Retd) held a review meeting with Departmental Secretaries/Head of Departments at the Lieutenant Governor’s Secretariat to discuss the ongoing project works and upcoming projects of the respective departments. At the outset, the HLG asked the Departmental Secretaries/HODs to carry out their duties with due diligence and study cases beforehand before submitting them to the HLG for his approval. He also highlighted the need to comply with the HLG’s directions as per the administrative requirement and the law. The HLG highlighted the need to provide accommodation and proper reception for officials posted to UT Ladakh. The HLG discussed various issues with the Departmental Secretaries/HODs, viz. the constitution of the Civil Services Board, the demand of students from Ladakh who are doing BEd courses from private colleges in J&K to establish an examination centre in Ladakh; the issue of apportionment of manpower with the government of UT J&K; the border issue between Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh; the procurement of MRI machine for District Hospital, Kargil; the visit of 50 students from Ladakh for a camp in Gujarat; the budget allocation for UT Ladakh by the central government; the outsourced staff for various departments of UT Ladakh; the training of newly recruited Police personnel at the training centre in J&K; the need to strengthen Police system to stop theft incidents; the unfair recruitment practice adopted by National Institute of Sowa Rigpa etc. Advisor to the HLG, Dr Pawan Kotwal, Commissioner/Secretary, Dr Vasanthakumar N; Commissioner/Secretary, Padma Angmo, Commissioner/Secretary to the HLG, Dr L Franklin, Secretary, Yetindra Maralkar, Secretary, Vikram Malik, Secretary, Michael D’Souzam Secretary, Shashanka Ala, Secretary, Bhanu Prabha, Directors and HODs and representatives were present during the meeting.
