Kargil: The Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, RK Mathur, visited Suru Valley on the second day of his three-day visit to Kargil. Chairman, LAHDC Kargil, Feroz Ahmad Khan; Member of Parliament from Ladakh, Jamyang Tsering Namgyal; Deputy Commissioner, Kargil, Santosh Sukhdeve; Senior Superintendent of Police, Kargil, Anayat Ali Chaudhary and Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM), Sankoo, Mohd Haneef, accompanied LG Mathur during the tour.
LG Mathur inaugurated the 500 LPM PSA Oxygen Plant set up at Community Health Centre (CHC), Sankoo under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds of NHPC Ltd and District Capex Budget in the presence of Chairman of LAHDC Kargil, MP Ladakh, Executive Councillor of LAHDC Leh, Mohsin Ali and Group General Manager, NHPC Ltd, Bikram Singh.
LG Mathur visited CHC Sankoo and interacted with the staff. Chief Medical Officer, Kargil, Dr Munawar Hussain, briefed about various medical facilities available at CHC Sankoo and requested for intervention in getting skilled manpower to operate the equipment.
A number of delegations called on LG Mathur during his visit to Sankoo Valley. A delegation comprising Councillor, Sankoo, Syed Ahmad Razvi; Chairperson, Block Development Council (BDC), Sankoo, Mehdi Akhone; Naib Sarpanch, Nagma Kussar-Sankoo; Tohir Hussain Sagar; PRI members of Khalamarpoo Chumikchan and BJP Mandal Sankoo raised several issues related to the development of their villages, viz. request for granting district status to Sankoo sub-division; setting up of a full-fledged Government Degree College in Sankoo; request for sanctioning of Developmental Authority for Sankoo sub-division to promote tourist activities; setting up a Fire and Emergency Service Center at Sankoo; declare Sankoo as a Municipal area; upgradation of CHC Sankoo to Sub-District Hospital; construction of a tunnel at Samar La Faroona for diversion of water from Drass River for irrigation purposes; creation of separate PHE and I&FC departments at Sankoo; sanctioning of lift irrigation systems from Thaboo to Khalamarpoo for irrigation purposes; connecting the water pipe connections being laid under Jal Jeevan Mission with another source; sanctioning of lift irrigation project for Brok Dokshar, Yokma Fraith and Chuli Fraith for irrigation purposes; early completion of the NH301 Kargil-Sankoo Road; sanctioning of an airport at Khumbathang in TSG block, etc.
