Ecological Restoration Project near Spituk in Leh

under construction

An ambitious ecological restoration project launched by Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena aimed at turning centuries-old barren land near Spituk in Leh into fertile, life-supporting terrain using a simple yet innovative freshwater intervention. The project involves spreading unutilised or excess water from the restored Igoo-Phey irrigation Canal over nearly 800 acres of barren land by creating temporary channels and minor earthwork interventions using tractors and machinery. The freshwater discharge is intended to restore degraded land by flushing out toxic salts, rehydrating parched subsoils, dissolving essential nutrients, replenishing depleted aquifers, raising the local water table, and enabling sustainable agriculture or afforestation.