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CEC inaugurates Sumdha-Choon with all weather road


Leh, December 09, (Scoop News)-The LAHDC, Leh in a significant development connected Sumdha-Choon with all weather road which is one of the remote village of Leh district in the Skyu-Markha constituency of Hill Council Leh. The Chief Executive Councilor, LAHDC, Leh Dr. Sonam Dawa Lonpo inaugurated the road today afternoon at Sumdha –Choon village in presence of Executive Councilor for Rural and Agriculture Tsering Wangdus, Councillor Skyu-Markha Sonam Norboo, ACD Leh Tsering Paldan, Exn. Construction, Exn. REW, district and block level engineers and officers and villagers of Sumdha-Chun.
Initiated by Councilor Sonam Norboo under the direction of CEC and EC Rural, the 3.16 Km road worth Rs. 1.50 crore was constructed by Rural Dev. Department in record time of about one and a half month. Arrival of this vital road will not only prove beneficial for village in every respect but Sumdha-Chun being a famous pilgrimage destination in the Himalayan region known for its monastery will get major boot in the tourism sector. Founded by a Tibetan Buddhist Translator of 10-11th century Lotsava Rinchen Zangpo, the principal image of Sumdha-Choon Gonpa is the four headed Varocana, which is the control figure of the five Dhyani Buddhas similar to the images of Alchi and Mangyu monastery. Villagers expressed their excitement and joy and thanked everyone who contributed in realizing this dream.
Addressing people gathering, CEC Dr. Dawa and EC Rural T. Wangdus congratulated the people of Sumdha-Choon for the arrival of road at their village which was the main and long pending demand of the village since decades and highly appreciated the endeavour of Councilor Norboo, Rural Dev. Functionaries headed by ACD, Leh Tsering Paldan, contractor Sh. Nawang and villagers for completing the road in record time. CEC Dr. Dawa said that it the collective effort and positive intention of every one that this dream came true as earlier it was beyond the imagination of every one that this road will come-up in such a record time and fund.
For extension of road from Sumdha –Choon to Sumdha-Chanmo, Dr. Dawa directed ACD, Leh to do the survey work at the earliest and said that Council intends to connect Sumdha –Chanmo under CRF for which about Rs. 10.00 crore was already proposed and road from Sumdha-Choon to Chanmo will be taken under NABARD so that a circular road could be completed in coming years.
In the morning, CEC inspected the progress of Tsachuthang bridge being launched over Zanskar River these days and directed Exn. Construction and engineers to use winter months very judicious so that this vital bridge connecting Skyu-Markha valley could be completed in next working season well on time. It is to remind that the same bridge was washed away during the Phuktal River burst in May 2015. Dr. Dawa also directed them to speed up the road construction works in the Skyu-Markha valley by ensuring crossing of JCB machines from Zanskar river towards Skyu-Markha at the earliest. Later, CEC visited Chiling and Izangs villages and gave patient hearing to the grievances of villages and assured to address their demands priority wise.


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