| Sanction Date: | 22-11-2017 | ||||
| Project Category | MG | ||||
| Year | 2016-2017 | ||||
| Project Duration | 3 Years + 1 Year Extension | ||||
| BTA : |
Infrastructure Development |
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| Project Site/ State/ Districts/ Villages Covered: |
Trans Himalayan Region of Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir: Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir |
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| Organization/ Implementation Agency: |
Ladakh Renewable Energy Development Agency (LREDA) Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) Block II, 1st Floor, Council Secretariat, Leh-Ladakh |
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| Project Partners: | S.No. | Name | Roles & Responsibilities | ||
| 1. | Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Govt. of J&K Leh | • To create overall oversight of implementation of the project and create monitoring mechanism to evaluate the successful implementation of the project. • To liaise with key stakeholders in the region and governments, bodies and associations with the country and abroad in order to fulfil the objectives of the project. • To set targets for achievements of deliverables and form a steering committee with implementing partners to evaluate and audit the project from time to time. • To create a body to carry out knowledge sharing, communication, conference activities outlined under the project and provide a platform for experts, decision-makers and stakeholders of the Indian Himalayan Region to deliberate on the activities outlined herein. |
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| 2. | Department of Wildlife Protection, (Ladakh), Govt. of Jammu & Kashmir | • To establish the research cell for conducting biodiversity population surveys and studying the health of the ecosystem. • To engage experts and consultants in achieving the objectives under the projects • To cooperate and affiliate, if necessary, with other academic, scientific and knowledge sharing institutions, association or bodies in India and abroad in the study of the health of ecosystem in Ladakh and conduct population surveys. • To provide the technical and scientific assistance required by implementing partners. |
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| Lead Proponent: | Mr. Pankaj Raina Ladakh Renewable Energy Development Agency Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council Block II, 1st Floor, Council Secretariat, Leh- Ladakh |
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| Project Brief Description: | Ladakh being an area where the health of its community and biodiversity is directly dependent on the limited resource availability, climate change impacts are magnified and become evidently visible with the slightest change in the ecosystem. Unfortunately, such changes, along with the combined effect of the rapid growth of tourism in Ladakh over the past decade have not been well documented, owing to unsustainable development patterns in the region. It is in this observation that Ladakh has exigently needed approaches for environmental monitoring and the development of a model for growth that incorporates a holistic and sustainable approach to development, where the conservation of Ladakh•s fragile environment is included in developmental planning and strategies and interventions for mainstreaming sustainability needs to be put in place | ||||
| Beneficiaries/ Stakeholders: | • At the local level: Local communities at the target region of Leh-Ladakh. • At the regional level: Health professionals, planners, municipal engineers, emergency responders, and resource managers.
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| Activity Chart (For 3 years) | Click Here | ||||
| Total Grants (in Rs.) | Rs. 3,71,42,400/- ( Rupees three crore seventy one lakh forty two thousand four hundred only) | |||
| Project Objectives | Quantifiable Deliverables | Monitoring Indicators |
| To assess and understand the current position of resources in the Ladakh region and deduce future impacts to resources within the context of the development trends of the region and create awareness of the same. | 3 Annual Assessment Reports on current status of resources in Ladakh Region in the Contexts of Climate Change and Development | No. of assessment reports developed on different sectors (Nos.) |
| To conduct population surveys of key biodiversity species (fauna and flora) to evaluate the health of the ecosystem in Ladakh and create awareness of the same. | Creation of thematic dashboards (5) and website for environmental monitoring and data. | Impact Assessment Report on Large-Scale Tourism. |
| 3 Evaluation reports on impact assessment of Tourism on the Ecology, Variation in Resource Consumption Patterns, Regional Carbon Emission Patterns. | New database developed and reported on current Status and Position of Ladakh Region (No. of sectors covered) | |
| Data sets and reports on the health of key species and the ecosystem of Ladakh in terms of linkages between climate change and ecosystem health in 2 districts of Ladakh for dissemination to decision-makers. | Policy briefs developed for policymakers (Nos.) | |
| To study and understand the impact of tourism on the ecology and the change in balance of the resources including trends in commodity consumption patterns, and carbon emissions of the region within the national context and create awareness of the same. | Compendium of Policy prescriptions on Climate Change Issues and Environment Concerns in Ladakh Region. | Regional Environmental Monitoring Dashboard created (Nos.) |
| To study the impacts of renewable energy projects already deployed in the region and effectiveness of such projects as an adaptation and mitigation strategy for Indian Himalayan Region. | Establishment of two (2) research cells (one for Environment and CC Studies and another for Conducting Biodiversity Population Surveys and Study of the Health of the Ecosystem) for awareness building. | |
| To design and formulate effective environmental management strategies and devise strategies to enhance human ecosystem processes for the Ladakh region and provide resource of the same to the Ministries of the Government of India and Indian Himalayan Regions | No of research cells established and operated | |
| To organize seminars, conferences with stakeholders, experts, planners and decision-makers, knowledge partners, dissemination partners in the Indian Himalayan States in order to acquire expertise, knowledge for the monitoring of the environment in Ladakh and facilitate the discussion of appropriate adaptation and mitigation projects such as the development renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. | Organization of 3 regional conferences with stakeholders, experts, planners and decision-makers, knowledge partners, dissemination partners | No of seminars/ conferences organized |
| S.No. | Name | Qualification | Designation | Salary |
| 1. | Anchal Bhasin | M.Sc. in GIS and remote sensing | Research Manager | 40,000 |
| 2. | Gaurav Kumar | M.Sc.in Ecology and Environment | JRF/JPF (Research Assistant) | 25,000 |
| 3. | Hussain Resamwala | M.Sc. in Forestry | Research Associate | 36,000 |
| 4. | Niaz Khan | M.Sc. in Zoology | Research Assistant | 25,000 |
| 5. | Padma Wangmo | M.Sc. in Climate science and policy | Research Associate | 36,000 |
| 6. | Sonam Chorol | Ph.D in Botany | Research Manager | 40,000 |
| 7. | Stanzin Rabgyas | B.A | JRF | 25,000 |
| 8. | Sunetro Ghosal | Ph.D in Development and Environment | Research Manager | 40,000 |
| S.No. | Name of Equipment (Sanctioned) | Details/Use | Cost (in INR) |
| 1. | Scientific environmental testing equipments | ||
| 2. | Survey equipment including environment particle sampler and counter | ||
| 3. | water sampling kits | ||
| 4. | ph testing kits | ||
| 5. | soil testing kits | ||
| 6. | fecal matter testing kits | ||
| 7. | soil analyzers | ||
| 8. | lead test kits | ||
| 9. | contaminant analyzers | ||
| 10. | temperature gauges | ||
| 11. | lab equipment | ||
| 12. | acoustic doppler discharge meter | ||
| 13. | measuring tapes | ||
| 14. | GPS | ||
| 15. | Display Panels | ||
| 16. | altimeters | ||
| 17. | 100 Camera Traps | ||
| 18. | 100 Data Loggers | ||
| 19. | 6 Binoculars | ||
| 20. | Immobilization equipment | ||
| 21. | dart gun, darts and drugs | ||
| 22. | Automatic weather Stations |
