Its main objective is to solve growing water scarcity issues and to harness winter water, which otherwise goes unused due to low seasonal demand.
Leh: The Automated Ice Reservoir in Sakti village near Warila Pass was on Monday inaugurated by Chief Executive Councillor, LAHDC, Leh Adv. Tashi Gyalson along with Executive Councillor, Agriculture, Stanzin Chosphel.The project’s main objective is to solve the region’s growing water scarcity issues and to harness winter water, which otherwise goes unused due to low seasonal demand.The project was initiated by LAHDC, Leh through the Irrigation Department along with its sister departments and was tendered out to Acres of Ice.
Adv. Tashi Gyaltson said, “This is a fully automated vertical Ice Reservoir. The temperature controller regulates when to start or stop the sprinkler based on the temperature.”
According to Gyaltson, this innovative technology requires minimal manpower and addresses a key challenge of operating such systems in extreme conditions.
“Typically, such innovations demand significant manpower, which is difficult to arrange as villagers cannot easily walk up to high-altitude valleys during winter to manually monitor machines and pipes. With this new automated system, manpower requirements are significantly reduced,” Gyaltson said.
Gyaltson further explained that the system is self-monitoring, and drones will be used to access and survey the locations. “Additionally, a mobile app is under development to enable monitoring directly from a phone. This pilot project has been initiated on a trial basis in Sakti village. Based on its success, we plan to replicate it in other water-scarce villages across Ladakh,” Gyaltson said.
With inputs from ETV Bharat