Southeast Asia's 1st dark sky reserve to come up in eastern Ladakh soon

EASTERN Ladakh will soon have the South East Asia's first night sky sanctuary, Union minister Dr Jitendra Singh announced on Sunday.

- MAYANK SINGH

Singh said that the sanctuary was being set up with the help of Indian Institute of Astrophysics Bengaluru, which is affiliated to the Department of Science and Technology under the Government of India.

"At a time when the country is celebrating the success of Chandrayaan-3 and Aditya-L1 solar mission, this Dark Sky Reserve, being among only the 15 or 16 of its kind in the world, will fascinate stargazers," said the minister.