On March 6, in Leh, a town situated at about 3,500 metres in the cold, arid Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh, Sonam Wangchuk, Ladakh’s famous educationist and environmentalist, began a 21-day hunger strike that he called a “climate fast”.
The strike was in support of thousands of Ladakh residents who have been demanding safeguards under the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution so they can make decisions regarding the use and management of resources such as land and water. They currently can’t.
Despite the government’s lack of commitment to Sonam Wangchuk’s relentless advocacy has brought visit issues to the forefront, resonating not only within ladakh but across the globe
“We demand protection for ladakh ‘s fragile ecology, a development strategy aligned with our region’s requirements, and the granting of statehood to our Union Territory”, Wangchuk’s emphasised.
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