<span style="color: #222222;">In the Union Territory of Ladakh, the Leh Hill Council has approved it's first outlay of 232 crore rupees capex budget for the year 2020-21 for the district.<br />''<br />''Due to COVID-19 pandemic, this year annual General Council meeting was confined to only Executive Councillors, chaired by the Chairman and Chief Executive Councillor Gyal P Wangyal, to approve the plan. The Executive Council meeting discussed the achievements and expenditure during the previous financial year. CEC Mr Wangyal informed the meeting that out of total 73.89 crore rupees in revised outlay of regular schemes, only a total of 55.31 crore rupees was spent till March 2020.<br />''<br />''Taking serious note of very low expenditure recorded by some key departments after demanding additional funds under revised outlay, Mr Wangyal directed the concerned Executive Councillors and Leh Deputy Commissioner, to ensure proper planning and execution of works in current financial year 2020-21. Due to COVID-19 lockdown and restrictions, execution of works have already been delayed.<br />''<br />''In the meantime, all the Councillors of LAHDC Leh have submitted at least four new schemes for their respective constituencies and also verified ongoing schemes sector-wise from the Council.</span><br />