In a meeting with the Union Home Minister Amit Shah President of BJP in Ladakh region, Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, called for an amendment in the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council Act.
The inaugural blast for the 14.83 km tunnel was initiated virtually by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari. When launched, it will be the longest bi-directional tunnel in Asia, connecting the Kashmir Valley to Ladakh.
Satpal Singh, who had killed Captain Karnal Sher Khan of the Northern Light Infantry and three others during Kargil War in 1999, now directs traffic in a small town in Punjba’s Sangrur district.
Defence minister Rajnath Singh, who is visiting Kargil, will also dedicate to the nation two bridges built by the Border Roads Organisation at Ujh in Kathua, and Basantar in Samba district.
While Governor Satya Pal Malik has constituted a committee of senior officials to look into the demands of the people of Kargil, the political parties are calling the move an eyewash.