Overview

• District Magistrate Romil Singh Donk, IAS, issued the order directing an immediate two-day halt to in-person education.
• The directive covers all government and private schools, colleges, anganwadi centres, coaching centres and other educational institutions across Leh district.
• Chief Education Officer, college principals and institutional heads were told to ensure strict compliance with the closure.
• The Senior Superintendent of Police was assigned enforcement duties, with the Director of School Education and ICDS monitoring compliance and DIPR tasked with wide publicity.
• The precaution follows protests that turned violent on September 24, leaving four dead, over 80 injured and government buildings and vehicles torched.