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Ladakh: Infrastructure and Development
Ladakh is India's high-altitude Union Territory, run by a Lieutenant Governor since 2019 and the target of a central push on roads, power, water and tourism. On 15 October 2026 the Prime Minister opened, by video link, five projects worth about ₹3,350 crore, among them a new Leh airport terminal and a 298-km road through Zanskar.
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Creates the Ladakh card: UT status, road, air, power and water links, and the five projects worth about ₹3,350 crore opened on 15 October 2026.
- Ladakh
- Leh airport
- Nimmu-Padum-Darcha road
- Hanu hydro project
- Amrit Him Sarovar
- Petroglyph Conservation Park
- Zanskar
- Union Territory
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