Sudden Alarming Rise in Hot Spring Water Level in Ladakh, Experts to Study Reason

Leh: Water levels of hot springs in the Chumathang area of Leh district’s Nyoma sub-division have started to show an alarming rise in recent days. It has prompted the administration to start monitoring it.

There has been a sudden rise of 2-3 metres in the water levels of Chumathang-Nyoma hot springs in the last 10 days of November. The Chumathang hot springs are located along the Indus river about 138 kilometres from Leh.

The Geological Survey of India (GSI), the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology and other expert teams will study the phenomenon and prepare a report which will be with all stakeholders, especially the Ladakh administration. This decision was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by the Secretary of the Union Territory of Ladakh Amit Sharma.

This meeting was attended by experts from the National Disaster Management Agency, Geological Survey of India, Central Ground Water Board, National Institute of Hydrology, Western Himalayan Regional Centre and the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology.

The reports prepared by the experts will include an advisory for locals and the setting up of a regular hot springs water-level monitoring mechanism at Chumathang-Nyoma.