Icy Desert Ladakh Turns Up the Heat on Modi Ahead of Indian Elections
The loss of their grazing lands to Chinese incursions and Indian corporations has prompted Ladakhis to oppose the BJP government’s top-down governance model.
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The loss of their grazing lands to Chinese incursions and Indian corporations has prompted Ladakhis to oppose the BJP government’s top-down governance model.
Climate change, a growing army presence, and mass tourism all threaten Ladakh’s traditional farming and culture.
Ladakh BJP MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal has said that the development in the region has taken a hit due to the successive wars fought in the cold desert and its people want peace now.
The CAS took stock of the operational readiness and status of units deployed in and around Leh
The response of people of Ladakh to the formation of the union territory, as it has manifested one year later, is analysed. After an initial sense of satisfaction to their long-pending demand for UT status, people in Leh have become as restless as the people in Kargil to the changes resulting from their UT status, and there are a lot of anxieties related to lack of representation and concerns related to jobs, land, environment and heritage. One year after being granted the status of union territory (UT), Ladakh has been passing through a phase of anxiety. The first anniversary of the UT...