LEH, Mar 6: Union Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change, and Labour & Employment Bhupender Yadav said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, border villages will be developed comprehensively through the Vibrant Villages Programme and said that stronger border villages will lead to a stronger nation.
He said this during a tour of border villages during his two-day visit to Leh in the Union Territory of Ladakh.
During the visit, the Union Minister also called on Ladakh’s Lieutenant Governor BD Mishra and discussed with him the issues pertaining to development of Ladakh including the border villages.
Yadav and Mishra held a detailed discussion on key issues concerning Ladakh’s sustainable development, the officials said.
As a part of Vibrant Villages Programme, 1400 border villages have been identified , they said.
The Union Minister was on a two-day visit to Ladakh where he visited the border villages of Tsaga pasture, Rezang-La and Chushul among others.
At Changthang village, Tsaga pasture, the Union Minister was given a traditional welcome and witnessed Jabro dance, a traditional dance performed by Ladakhi women.
He interacted with the nomadic Rebo tribe, who live in tents and make the finest Pashmina wool. He enquired about the problems faced by them and assured that benefits of Union Government schemes will reach them.
Addressing the gathering which consisted of representatives of various villages and the pastoral community, Yadav said after the formation of the Union Territory of Ladakh, several road projects have been completed and long pending ones have been fast-tracked.
