Ladakh declared Open Defecation Free UT in India

The Union Territory of Ladakh has been declared Open Defecation Free UT in India under the First Phase of Swachh Bharat Mission.

This was stated by Director of Rural Development Department Tahir Hussain Zubdavi while talking to reporter..He further said that RDD Ladakh is taking scientific segregation of Waste and Garbage upon to Village Level and will be establishing Garbage Segregation



Centre at Block Level and an awareness programme has also been started in Kargil Ladakh to make people aware about Reduce, Recycle and Reuse. He requested the people to help the department to make Ladakh an ecologically feasible Union Territory.

Mr Zubdavi also flagged off six Garbage Collection Vans for each Zones of Kargil to give for this purpose.