Ladakh's Chief Secretary reviews spending under the Special Development Packages covering both Hill Councils

27 October 2026

The Chief Secretary of the Union Territory of Ladakh, Ashish Kundra, chaired a meeting at Leh to review the physical and financial progress of works under the Special Development Packages. The review covered ongoing projects, spending against approved budgets and fund utilisation for the financial year 2026-27. The components discussed were LAHDC Leh, LAHDC Kargil, Revenue and the Special Development Packages. Officials were given a head-wise and department-wise breakdown of approved outlay and expenditure, and the meeting examined variations between allocations and actual spending. The Chief Secretary directed officers to check expenditure against progress on the ground, identify implementation bottlenecks and submit expenditure records regularly. The Commissioner/Secretary (Finance), Tsewang Tharchin, and the Divisional Commissioner, Shurbir Singh, were among those present.