More on rabies, power issues and other demands from Zanskar
20/03/07 11:19
See the Daily
Excelsior article Zanskar Deputation meets Jora,
Raises Demands. Somewhat confusingly
the delegation from Zanskar are pushing for the
early commissioning of the Haftal Hydro project
which, I was assured, was working last summer
(2006) - although it was working somewhat
erratically, or rather the wind was playing havoc
with the 'rustic' power lines that link the power
station to Padum and Junkhor. Perhaps they refer
to the fact that hydro electric production has to
be recommenced each spring once the rivers thaw?
As usual there is a raft of additional demands -
like, District status for Zanskar - that are
worthy of consideration but will probably be
ignored or forgotten as Kargil's administration
focus on minimising the political cost of the
rabies problem.