Ladakh Remains Cut Off for Third Day Due to Heavy Rains, Road and Air Links Hit

Ladakh remained cut off with the rest of the country for the third consecutive day today due to closure of Leh-Manali National Highway for all traffic, regulated traffic on Leh-Srinagar National Highway for only Light Motor Vehicle and cancellation of flight operations at Khushok  Bakula Rinpoche Airport, Leh, since August 25 due to heavy rainfall and inclement weather.
 
 
Ladakh had witnessed unprecedented heavy rainfall in low lying areas and snowfall in upper reaches from Monday to Tuesday causing disruption to daily life in the region.
Meanwhile, weather conditions have improved significantly today allowing the administration to resume restoration of works for damaged services.  
To access the damages to standing crops and other public and private infrastructures caused by the unprecedented heavy incessant rainfall and to recommend appropriate actions, committees at district as  well as sub-divisional level have been formed  by the Deputy  Commissioner , Leh on the advice of the Chief Executive Councillor of Leh Hill Council Tashi Gyalsion. 
The committees are assigned to extensively assess  the damages and submit detailed reports with the recommendations of actions to the office of Deputy Commissioner Office, Leh at the earliest  for further course of actions.
 
 
Flight operations cancellation at Khushok Bakula Rinpoche Airport, Leh for the past two days has left an outnumber of passengers and tourists stranded at various airports.
Tibetan Spiritual leader and Noble Laureate His Holiness Dalai Lama who is in Ladakh for six weeks Trip and scheduled to leave Ladakh is stranded since Tuesday as all the flight operations at Leh airport is cancelled due to inclement weather.