5th, June, 2022
Topic: Rural Infrastructure
Importance: Himachal HPAS Prelims and Mains
What is the news?
- The final village of the Lahaul valley is linked by road.
What is the name of the village?
- Khanjar, the last village in the remote Miyar Valley in the tribal district of Lahaul and Spiti, has finally been connected with a road.
How will this help?
- A bridge to the village of Khanjar in the Miyar valley was opened, providing road connectivity to residents.
- Thanpatan, a nearby tourist resort, will grow in popularity for adventure sports.
- Villagers cheer the transport of agricultural produce to distant markets to get easy.
- Thanpatan, a nearby tourist destination, will now be within easy reach. It has the potential to be popular amongst tourists for adventure sports.
(Source: The Tribune)
Topic: Tourism
Importance: Himachal HPAS Prelims and Mains
What is the news?
- Lug valley to develop as a tourist location, Forest Dept sends project report to the government.
What district is home to the pristine Lug Valley?
It is being developed under which scheme?
- The state government included the Kullu District Lug Valley as part of the ‘Nai Rahein, Nai Manzilein’ project last December to develop untouched tourism destinations.
(Source: The Tribune)
Some More HP News:
- Education Ministry Survey-2022: Himachal ranks 22nd in studies on online learning portal.
- The highest number of students from Tamil Nadu across the country is studying on the self-portal. Uttar Pradesh is second, Andhra Pradesh is third and Jammu and Kashmir is fourth. Punjab is ranked 9th, Haryana 13th, Uttarakhand 14th, Delhi 15th.
