LEH: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Saturday lambasted the Congress for allegedly neglecting Ladakh over the past six decades and said various initiatives like railway line and biggest solar park are in the pipeline for the region for its overall development. "The work on the detailed project report for an all-weather railway line between Himachal Pradesh to Leh has started. "The prime minister makes it necessary that at least one minister should visit Northeast because in the Congress' rule, the region was sidelined and no work was done there. "The funds were directly given to Ladakh councils instead through Srinagar headquarters to avoid delay in the development works. "During the Congress government, only mess and chaos was in India and the country was plundered badly.

Source: Economic Times May 04, 2019 12:45 UTC