Ladakh State Board for Wildlife has approved proposals for eleven Defence Roads in the Union Territory. Ladakh Lieutenant Governor RK Mathur chaired the second State Board for Wildlife (SBWL) meeting of Union Territory of Ladakh. The new roads will cover an area of 154.08 hectares. These proposals were shared with National Board for Wildlife for clearances.<br />'' <br />''In the meeting, the State Wildlife Board presented border road construction proposals to Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Central Public Works Department (CPWD) and Border Roads Organisations (BRO) for wildlife clearances.<br />'' <br />''The board meeting also discussed rationalisation boundaries of protected areas, wildlife clearance for construction of border roads, uninterrupted movement of wildlife in the landscape during and after the implementation of developmental projects, habitat fragmentation, payment of compensation, poaching cases, the menace of feral dogs and waste management.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Along with Senior officials of Union Territory administration, Leh CEC Tashi Gyalson, MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, Leh EC Tashi Namgyal Yakzee, Kargil EC Mohd Ali Chandan, Dr Satya Kumar from Wildlife Institute of India, Dr Padma Gurmet, Officer Incharge, National Institute of Sowa Rigpa, Dr Yash Veer Bhatnagar, Senior Scientist, Nature Conservation Foundation (NCF), Snow Leopard Trust; Dr RK Singh, Trustee, Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment (LIFE), Delhi; Dr Tsewang Namgial, Director, Snow Leopard Conservancy India Trust were also present in the meeting.     </span><br />