Department of Urban Development / Tourism Department, Ladakh to Build Transport Parking Sites in Leh & Kargil

Admin. Secy, Kacho Mehboob Ali Khan, chaired the meeting

LEH, June 15: In order to improve urban infrastructure in terms of developing integrated parking facilities for commercial vehicles in particular and private vehicles in general at Leh & Kargil, the Secretary, Tourism department, Ladakh Kacho Mehboob Ali Khan chaired a meeting at the Protocol office meeting hall, Leh. 

The Urban Development department & Tourism department is planning to build well planned and integrated parking facilities to decongest the cities of Leh & Kargil so as to provide a planned traffic management & parking plan, which will enhance the experience of the inhabitants of Leh & Kargil along with visitors/tourists. This will be an effort to promote sustainable & responsible tourism in both Leh & Kargil. The Urban Development department in consultation with the Tourism department will build eco-friendly and sustainable modern parking facilities in Leh and Kargil, which will cater to the growing numbers of Taxis, Tempos, Pick up vehicles, Buses and other automobiles. These parking facilities will have integrated terminal buildings will be disabled friendly with local architecture housing essential amenities such as lounge area, public convenience, office space, shopping arena, food stall, call centres, automated entry & exit systems, heating system, waste management system, firefighting, EV charging points and electronic security system etc.

In the meeting, the Administrative Secretary, Kacho Mehboob Ali Khan stated that the dedicated terminals will facilitate decongestion of the cities, improve the city landscape and ensure smoother operations for commercial/private vehicles. Further, he said that building energy-efficient infrastructure aligns with the vision of achieving a carbon neutral Ladakh.

The meeting was attended by Director (Tourism), Kunzes Angmo; Director (HUDD), Dr. Zahida Bano;  ADC, Leh, Sonam Chosjor; SP (Traffic), Leh, Mujeeb ur Rehman; Executive Officer, MC Leh, Stanzin Rabgais; Presidents/office bearers of various transport Unions of Leh and Consultants of the projects.