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A two-day general council meeting of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Leh, concluded here on Friday. The meeting was held to review the physical and financial achievements under the Capex Budget 2019-2020.

The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Chief Executive Councillor of the Leh LAHDC Gyal P Wangyal. On behalf of the council, executive councillor for agriculture Phuntsog Stanzin, expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for sharing his vision of developing Ladakh as a carbon neutral region, which he had talked about during the recently concluded Budget session in the Lok Sabha.

He said entire Ladakh would turn to organic farming by 2025. He said a policy titled, the Mission Organic Development Initiative, was ready for implementation and a project worth Rs 500 crore for implementation of MODI was proposed for the Union Territory of Ladakh.