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Work on India’s first-ever night sky sanctuary in Ladakh will be over in a month: Jitendra Singh
Union minister Jitendra Singh said the night sky sanctuary will attract tourists from across the world over to picturesque Ladakh and also boost astro-tourism in the region
The work on India’s first night sky sanctuary in Ladakh will be completed in over a month’s time, Union minister Jitendra Singh said on Friday.
The night sky sanctuary will attract tourists from across the world over to picturesque Ladakh and also boost astro-tourism in the region, he said during a meeting with Ladakh Lieutenant Governor RK Mathur, who had called on him at North Block here.
“The work on India’s first-ever night sky sanctuary, being set up by CSIR under Union ministry of science and technology, in Ladakh’s Hanle is going on in full swing and will be complete in over a month’s time,” said Singh, the minister of state for personnel.
It will boost astro tourism in India and will be one of the world’s highest-located sites for optical, infrared, and gamma-ray telescopes, a statement issued by the personnel ministry said.
The Friday’s meeting was a follow-up to the one held between the two in September this year, when the Union minister had announced that the setting up of India’s first-ever night sky sanctuary in Ladakh.
The proposed dark sky reserve will be located at Hanle in Ladakh as a part of Changthang wildlife sanctuary, the statement said.
The two leaders also discussed a wide range of development-related issues pertaining to Ladakh, it said.
Mathur apprised the Union minister of the rozgar mela held on October 31 in Ladakh where the UT administration gave away appointment letters to at least 1,000 local youths.
