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Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh | COVER STORY
60,793 smart electricity meters have 1,000 3,172
been installed in Ladakh so far.
metric tonne Posts were filled after
Ladakh became a
44 309 capacity cold storage Union Territory. 234
was established.
new bridges mobile towers along with 297 4G women police were
have been towers were approved for installation recruited.
constructed. after Ladakh became Union Territory.
3,818
Polycarbonate greenhouses have been
550 KW capacity mini hydro project set up, known as ‘Ladakh Green Houses.’
was set up at Kargil and Leh.
Polycarbonate greenhouses have helped in the
n The Srinagar-Leh 220 kV transmission line was production of vegetables during winter.
completed under the Prime Minister's Development
Package-2015.
Today, the dreams of the people
of Jammu and Kashmir and
Ladakh are no longer prisoners of
the past but about possibilities for
the future. After all, development,
democracy, and dignity have
replaced disillusionment,
disappointment, and despondency
- Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
Kashmir is spreading all over the country. The new first central university with a Buddhist study center
agricultural reforms have created new opportunities in Ladakh is going at a fast pace. The long-pending
for the food processing industry in both Jammu and demand of granting the status of a Union Territory to
the valley. This is providing employment and self-em- Ladakh has also been fulfilled.
ployment opportunities to thousands of people. On
one hand, thousands of government jobs are being THE FINAL SEAL OF APPROVAL ON
notified in Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh. Now, young ARTICLE 370 FROM SUPREME COURT
businessmen of Jammu and Kashmir have started The Supreme Court of India gave a historic verdict
getting loans easily through banks. The plan for the on 11 December 2023 on the abrogation of Article
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