The Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh (LAHDC Leh) is one among the two
Autonomous District Council of
Ladakh Union Territory. LAHDC Leh administers the
Leh district
Leh district is a district in Indian-administered Ladakh in the Kashmir#Dispute, disputed Kashmir-region. The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the WP:T ...
of
Ladakh
Ladakh () is a region administered by India as a union territory and constitutes an eastern portion of the larger Kashmir region that has been the subject of a Kashmir#Kashmir dispute, dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947 and India an ...
,
India
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.
History
The council was created under the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council Act 1995, following demands of
Ladakhi people to make
Leh District
Leh district is a district in Indian-administered Ladakh in the Kashmir#Dispute, disputed Kashmir-region. The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the WP:T ...
a new Indian
Union Territory
Among the states and union territories of India, a Union Territory (UT) is a region that is directly governed by the Government of India, central government of India, as opposed to the states, which have their own State governments of India, s ...
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
Kargil district is a district in Indian-administered Ladakh in the Kashmir#Dispute, disputed Kashmir-region,The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the ...
. 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
Kargil or Kargyil is a City in Indian-administered Ladakh in the disputed Kashmir region. The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the WP:TERTIARY, tert ...
, which was meant to strengthen participatory forms of development, governance and democratic state-building in the war-ravaged district.
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. 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.
Members of the Executive Committee
The members of the executive committee are as follows:
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
Leh () is a city in Indian-administered Ladakh in the Kashmir#Kashmir_dispute, disputed Kashmir region. The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the WP:TE ...
. 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
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Ladakh Marathon
The Ladakh Marathon is a marathon held in Leh, a town in the Indian Union Territory of Ladakh. It claims to be the highest marathon in the world, held at a height of . The event's primary edition was held in 2012 and its latest edition was defer ...
, a marathon organised by LAHDC
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Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil
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Jamyang Tsering Namgyal
References
External links
Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, LehConstituency map
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Government of Ladakh
Autonomous district councils of India
States and territories established in 1995
Leh district
1995 establishments in Jammu and Kashmir