Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh

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The Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh[1] (LAHDC Leh) is one among the two Autonomous District Council of Ladakh Union Territory. LAHDC Leh administers the Leh district of Ladakh, India.[2]

History

The council was created under the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council Act 1995, following demands of Ladakhi people to make Leh District a new Indian Union Territory because of its religious and cultural differences with the rest of Jammu and Kashmir. In October 1993, the Indian Union Government and the Jammu and Kashmir State Government agreed to grant Ladakh the status of Autonomous Hill Council.

The council came into being with the holding of elections on 28 August 1995. The inaugural meeting of the council was held at Leh on 3 September 1995. An Autonomous Hill Council has also been established in neighboring Kargil District. The Hill Council in Kargil came in to existence in July 2003.

In 2003, as part of its "healing touch policy", the J&K government announced popular elections for the Autonomous Hill Development Council in Kargil, which was meant to strengthen participatory forms of development, governance and democratic state-building in the war-ravaged district.[3]

Powers

The autonomous hill councils work with village panchayats to take decisions on economic development, healthcare, education, land use, taxation, and local governance which are further reviewed at the block headquarters in the presence of the chief executive councillor and executive councillors.[4] The administration of Union Territory of Ladakh looks after law and order, communications and the higher education in the districts.

Members

Members of the Council

In the elections for the LAHDC on 26 October 2020, the BJP won 15 out of 26 seats.[5][6]

Constituency No Constituency Name Name of Councillor Party
1 Turtuk Ghulam Mehdi style="background-color: Template:Party color"| BJP
2 Hundar Kunzang Lotus style="background-color: Template:Party color"| BJP
3 Diskit Tsering Angchuk style="background-color: Template:Party color"| BJP
4 Tegar Rigzen Lundup style="background-color: Template:Party color"| BJP
5 Panamik Tsering Sandup style="background-color: Template:Party color"| BJP
6 Tangtse Tashi Namgyal style="background-color: Template:Party color"| BJP
7 Chushul Konchok Stanzin style="background-color: Template:Party color"| Independent
8 Nyoma Ishey Spalzang style="background-color: Template:Party color"| BJP
9 Kungyam Thinles Nurboo style="background-color: Template:Party color"| BJP
10 Karzok Karma Namdak style="background-color: Template:Party color"| BJP
11 Sakti Rigzin Tsering style="background-color: Template:Party color"| INC
12 Igoo Sonam Thardos style="background-color: Template:Party color"| INC
13 Martselang Stanzin Chosphel style="background-color: Template:Party color"| BJP
14 Thiksey Stanzin Chosfail style="background-color: Template:Party color"| BJP
15 Chuchot Mirza Hussain style="background-color: Template:Party color"| BJP
16 Upper Leh Phuntsog Stanzin Tsepag style="background-color: Template:Party color"| INC
17 Lower Leh Tsering Namgyal style="background-color: Template:Party color"| INC
18 Phyang Tundup Nurbu style="background-color: Template:Party color"| INC
19 Sku Markha Sonam Nurboo style="background-color: Template:Party color"| BJP
20 Basgo Tsering Norboo style="background-color: Template:Party color"| INC
21 Saspol Smanla Dorje Nurboo style="background-color: Template:Party color"| INC
22 Temisgam Sonam Dorjey style="background-color: Template:Party color"| INC
23 Khaltsi Lobzang Sherab style="background-color: Template:Party color"| BJP
24 Skurbuchan Lundup Dorjai style="background-color: Template:Party color"| INC
25 Lamayuru Morup Dorjey style="background-color: Template:Party color"| BJP
26 Lingshet Tashi Gyalson style="background-color: Template:Party color"| BJP

Members of the Executive Committee

The members of the executive committee are as follows:[7]

S. No. Name Designation
1 Tashi Gyalson Chairman / Chief Executive Councillor[8]
2 Tsering Angchuk Deputy Chairman
3 Tashi Namgyal Yakzee Executive Councillor for Animals and Sheep
4 Ghulam Mehdi Executive Councillor for Minorities and Forestry
5 Stanzin Chosphel Executive Councillor for Agriculture

Vision 2025

On 8 May 2013 mutual collaboration for sustainable development in Ladakh in the tune with Ladakh Vision Document 2025 was jointly organised by LAHDC and NABARD at Sindhu Sanskriti Kendra in Leh. The workshop-cum-discussion session was inaugurated by the then Chief Executive Councillor of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Rigzin Spalbar by lighting up the lamp in the presence of Executive Councillors.

In his introductory speech, Rigzin Spalbar talked about Ladakh Vision Document 2025 which was prepared in 2005 by a committee of 20 members headed by Sonam Dawa, former Chief Engineer and Advisor of Ladakh Ecological Development Group. These members belonging to different fields of expertise had put a great effort in the conceptualisation of the Vision Document. CEC took the opportunity to felicitate them at the function with a traditional scarf and a memento.

See also

References

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External links

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