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 of Ladakh, India.
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.
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.Ladakh poll: 15 seats for BJP, Cong. wins 9, The Hindu, 26 October 2020. Constituency No Constituency Name Name of Councillor Party 1 Turtuk Ghulam Mehdi BJP 2 Hundar Kunzang Lotus BJP 3 Diskit Tsering Angchuk BJP 4 Tegar Rigzen Lundup BJP 5 Panamik Tsering Sandup BJP 6 Tangtse Tashi Namgyal BJP 7 Chushul Konchok Stanzin Independent 8 Nyoma Ishey Spalzang BJP 9 Kungyam Thinles Nurboo BJP 10 Karzok Karma Namdak BJP 11 Sakti Rigzin Tsering INC 12 Igoo Sonam Thardos INC 13 Martselang Stanzin Chosphel BJP 14 Thiksey Stanzin Chosfail BJP 15 Chuchot Mirza Hussain BJP 16 Upper Leh Phuntsog Stanzin Tsepag INC 17 Lower Leh Tsering Namgyal INC 18 Phyang Tundup Nurbu INC 19 Sku Markha Sonam Nurboo BJP 20 Basgo Tsering Norboo INC 21 Saspol Smanla Dorje Nurboo INC 22 Temisgam Sonam Dorjey INC 23 Khaltsi Lobzang Sherab BJP 24 Skurbuchan Lundup Dorjai INC 25 Lamayuru Morup Dorjey BJP 26 Lingshet Tashi Gyalson BJP
Members of the Executive Committee The members of the executive committee are as follows:
S. No. Name Designation 1 Tashi Gyalson Chairman / Chief Executive Councillor 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 Ladakh Marathon, a marathon organised by LAHDC Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil List of districts of Ladakh Geography of Ladakh
References
External links Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh Constituency map