India’s First ‘Night Sky Sanctuary’ To Be Set Up In Ladakh: Minister
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The project in Ladakh will be completed within three months, the minister said. (Representational)New Delhi: India's first-ever "Night Sky Sanctuary" will be set up in Ladakh within the next three months, Union minister Jitendra Singh said on Saturday."India's first-ever 'Night Sky Sanctuary' will be set up in Ladakh as a part of Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary and the proposed 'Dark Sky Reserve' will be completed at Hanle in Ladakh within three months that will boost astro-tourism in India and will be one of the world's highest-located sites for optical, infra-red, and gamma-ray telescopes," said Mr Singh.A tripartite MoU was signed recently among the UT administration, Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) Leh and the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) for launchi...