Prime Minister to dedicate five Ladakh projects worth about Rs 3,350 crore on 15 October
15 October 2026
The Prime Minister's Office announced on 14 October 2026 that the Prime Minister would inaugurate and dedicate to the nation five projects in Ladakh worth about Rs 3,350 crore on 15 October 2026, at about 12.30 pm through video conferencing, and address the gathering.
The five are the new passenger terminal building at Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport in Leh, the 298-km Nimmu-Padum-Darcha road, the Hanu Small Hydroelectric Project with the Dah-Hanu-Khaltsi transmission line, India's first Petroglyph Conservation Park at Sindhu Ghat in Leh, and Project Him Sarovar.
The airport terminal was built at a cost of Rs 640 crore.
The Nimmu-Padum-Darcha road was built by the Border Roads Organisation and gives Ladakh a third road route alongside the Srinagar-Leh and Manali-Leh highways.
Project Him Sarovar covers 40 water bodies in 40 villages under Mission Amrit Sarovar.
Ladakh is a union territory without a legislature, carved out of the former State of Jammu and Kashmir.
In plain words
BRO Border Roads Organisation — The body under the Ministry of Defence that builds roads in India's border areas.
Petroglyph Petroglyph — A figure carved or chipped into rock in prehistoric times.