Ladakh’s first Model Border Village at Chumur under Vibrant Village Programme

Ladakh LG, Shri Vinai Kumar Saxena laid the foundation stone for the first Model Border Village at Chumur under the Government of India’s ambitious Vibrant Village Programme (VVP).

Key Features

Perched at an altitude of 16,700 feet along the Indo-China Border, Chumur houses 24 households with a population of 91 people, who are all engaged with Pashmina rearing and production.

Beginning with Chumur, 10 such border villagers will be developed as Model Border Villages in the first phase of VVP.

This Project, which is also the first of its kind in Ladakh and among the pioneering model border villages in India, will focus on four key pillars of development – Infrastructure, Employment and Livelihood Creation, All-Weather Functionality, and Civilian–Defence Integration.

The project has been conceived to develop Chumur as a self-reliant, climate-resilient, tourism-enabled and economically vibrant border settlement.

Under the programme, families in these villages will be provided with climate-resilient, south-facing passive solar houses, designed to maximise solar heat gain and protect them from harsh winters, when the temperatures drop to -35 degrees, during the peak winter months.

Each household will receive a residential unit with an attached bathroom, an additional room suitable for homestay activities, a kitchen garden space, livestock sheds and dedicated fodder storage facilities. These houses are expected to be completed by September this year, subject to weather conditions.

Source: Ladakh LG Office