On the lines of Mahatma Gandhi’s Dandi March, Innovator and educationist Sonam Wangchuk has planned a ‘Pashmina March’ on April 7 to the areas along Line of Actual Control (LAC) to show “destruction in the name of development”.
However, he has urged people from outside Ladakh, who have shown keen interest in taking part in the April 7 march, to refrain from coming to the UT.
“Hotels and guest houses are still closed as the tourist season had not yet begun and it could cause problem for those coming from outside to the inhospitable region with tough terrain,” he said, adding that in case people wish to take part in the march, they must come by April 5 to acclimatise before the arduous march.
Wangchuk recently went on a 21-day fast, surviving only on salt and water, to demand that Ladakh be given statehood and included under the Sixth Schedule, which will help protect the ecologically fragile region from “greedy” industries. Women from all walks of life were now holding fast before a mega march to Changthan region along LAC with China.
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