Excelsior Correspondent
LEH, May 1: In view of finalization of Kalachakra sermon in July 2014 by spiritual leader Dalai Lama, Urban Development Minister, Nawang Rigzin Jora flanked by Chief Executive Councilor, LAHDC Rigzin Spalbar visited Jivetsal and took a detailed review of the development of the sermon place.
On the occasion, LBA President, Dr Tondup Tsewang presented a charter of demands regarding development of Jivetsal in view of expected gathering of nearly 1.50 lakh devotees during the Kalachakra sermon.
Jora and Spalbar gave instructions to the concerned departments to start the development works as soon as possible and ensure to complete maximum developmental works at Jivetsal by the end of this working season only. They assured that there would be no lapses on the part of Government as well as the LAHDC in the preparation of the arrangements for Kalachakra initiation.
Other issues like traffic regulation, diversion of vehicular movement, creation of parking space, arrangement of potable drinking water were also discussed and directions were issued to the concerned departments to do the needful well in time. They gave special emphasis not to install any toilets or urinals near to the Indus to keep the river completely free from contamination.
Executive Councilor, Rural Development and Agriculture, Sonam Dorjey, Deputy Commissioner, Simrandeep, SSP, Vivek Gupta, Additional DC, Tsering Morup, President, Ladakh Gonpa Association, Geshes Konchok Namgyal, SE, PWD and a team of district officers and Engineers accompanied the Minister and the CEC.
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