India’s first rock check dam inaugurated in Ladakh under Sindhu Jal Samriddhi Abhiyan

Exam-focused facts from the 31 May 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

Lieutenant Governor (LG) Vinai Kumar Saxena inaugurated India’s first rock check dam on the Sindhu River in Leh under the Sindhu Jal Samriddhi Abhiyan.
The structure is located at Upshi at an altitude of 11,400 feet and was completed in seven days at a reported cost of approximately Rs 10 lakh.
Constructed using 180 metric tonnes of interlocked riverbed rocks, the dam measures 200 feet in length, 30 feet in base width, and five feet in height.
The dam is designed to create a 500-metre pondage area upstream and store nearly 40 million litres of water to assist farmers in the cold desert region.
A separate ecological restoration drive was also launched to reclaim 800 acres of barren land in Spituk village using freshwater from the Igoo-Phey Canal.