The refusal to grant the Sixth Schedule status to Ladakh has annoyed the majority of Buddhists in Leh and Shia Muslims in Kargil, leading to growing discontent with the BJP government.
The climate activist has given the call for the march to LAC to draw the attention of the people to the plight of the Pashmina goat herders of the eastern frontier region of Changthang.
A meeting was held to discuss strategy to tackle the challenge of glacial lake outbursts in Ladakh and a comprehensive roadmap aimed at bolstering emergency response mechanisms was charted out by the stakeholders.
The Congress leader claimed that China has occupied 2,000 sq km of Indian territory.
A large number of men and women cheered and raised slogans as a girl child offered juice to Wangchuk as a mark of breaking the fast in the freezing temperatures. He thanked more than 60,000 people for their support to the genuine cause.
He added that the people of Ladakh need to lay a strong foundation for this newly established UT for reaching new milestones for the overall development of Ladakh.
Issues regarding the attack of feral/wild dogs on rare species and birds of Ladakh were discussed in the meeting.
Following the India-China Corps Commander-level talks on 10 October, held at Chushul-Moldo border the Indian Army issued a statement saying, "...[T]he Chinese could not provide any forward-looking proposals. The meeting thus did not result in resolution of the remaining areas."
The minimum temperature was 9.8 degrees Celsius in Srinagar, 6.7 in Pahalgam, and 1.5 in Gulmarg. It was 5.6 in Leh and 3.1 in Drass town, the Met Office said.
Phunsok Tashi expressed in-depth gratitude to the founder of HCHF Dr Sonam Wangchuk and members of Art Conservation Solutions for the successful completion of the wall painting conservation work in the Gompa.
