Ladakh sets in motion process for preparing first ever 'Master Plan' for UT

LEH: To curtail unplanned development, the medication of Ladakh has acceptable successful question the process for preparing the archetypal ever 'Master Plan' for the UT, with Lt Governor VK Saxena connected Friday saying that a MoU has been signed betwixt the UT and School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), Delhi for the purpose.He added that the archetypal draught is apt to beryllium submitted by SPA to the Ladakh administration wrong 3 months.Saxena shared that a ‘Master Plan’ was the request of the hr arsenic it would not lone curb unauthorised and unplanned development, but besides guarantee that the fragile ecosystem of Ladakh is secured done due planning.According to officials, arsenic of now, determination are nary guidelines for operation activities successful Ladakh, arsenic a effect of which constructions are carried retired successful a haphazard manner.

“This has severely affected the ecology successful Ladakh and enactment a load connected the existing infrastructure," an authoritative successful the L-G’s bureau explained.As per the MoU, SPA volition hole a broad program for each districts of Ladakh. SPA volition transportation retired an appraisal of demographic, economic, biology and transport parameters astatine the metropolis and the determination scales arsenic good arsenic signage, pedestrianization and practice and tourism guidelines.The Master Plan volition incorporated modern tools and techniques, specified arsenic AI and GIS to show clime change, associated vulnerabilities and their impacts.