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Construction in Ladakh

	In Ladakh building clay is called Makalak. Often very local material is used. A very good Makalak can be found in this quarry near Spituk (34° 7'51.30"N, 77°31'29.95"E), right beside the main road (NH1D) that connects Leh with Srinagar 17.7.2010
	The clay deposition shows sequences with beige to brown to red interlayers and some rare coarser grained silt to sand layers (Detail see picture below)... 17.7.2010
	Detail from upper most part of Makalak layer in the above image 17.7.2010
	Some layers are very homogeneous and thick 17.7.2010
	Sieving on a road building site along NH1D. In the background Basgo is visible. 17.7.2010
	Wall constructed from stones with more or less rectangular shape and mud as laying mortar at Basgo site 3.8.2010
	Mud brick production at Basgo 3.8.2010
	Modern mud brick form seen in Kanji 30.7.2010
	Typical mud wall enclosing a field in Leh 17.7.2010
	Dry stones walls can often be seen as well. Here a retention wall along the road leading to the hot springs in the southwest of Wanla 21.7.2010
	Newly constructed wall along the road leading to the hot springs in the southwest of Wanla. Wall at the bottom made out of dry stones, having a concrete finish at the top 21.7.2010
	Way of construction of a concrete top on a dry stone wall. Wall along the road leading to the hot springs in the southwest of Wanla, as in image above. 21.7.2010
	This is the way they make supports for building a ceiling every where in Ladakh. It is not easy to find wooden trunks long enough, therefore the supports nearly always consists of two shorter trunks hold together by small boards and nails. Here these hold the ceiling before concreting 16.7.2010

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