Ladakh

a micro-hydel project in ladakh's kargil district; the water source has dried up and the rocky bed is visible--hydropower
December 9, 2025
Ladakh’s dying glaciers leave villages without electricity
Inconsistent stream flow is impacting hydropower in Zanskar Valley. Solar power provides little respite.
a view of the zanskar valley in ladakh--shangku
November 20, 2025
The wolf of Zanskar valley
As weather patterns and vegetation in Ladakh shift, Tibetan wolves have begun venturing into villages to hunt livestock.
nomadic women in Ladakh's Changthang area--nomadic women health
October 30, 2025
Ladakh’s drying climate is causing a health crisis for women
Rising heat, melting glaciers, and drying streams leave nomadic women without access to water.
Children protesting for the sixth schedule inclusion in Ladakh_employment
October 24, 2024
No government exams in Ladakh since 2019
Ladakh's youth believe that the sixth schedule status and self-governance is the only way to curb the rampant unemployment in the union territory.
Climate fast protest at ladakh
May 23, 2024
In Ladakh, democracy and ecology take centre stage
The people of Ladakh are rallying together to support a movement that seeks statehood, inclusion in the Sixth Schedule, and environmental protection.
Hills of Leh, Ladakh -solar plant
April 26, 2024
Power for whom? The cost of renewable energy in Ladakh
In Ladakh's Pang region, the development a mega solar power plant is being met with apprehension from the community. Here's why.
road in ladakh--ladakh urial
February 13, 2024
Where has the urial sheep of Ladakh gone?
As development in Ladakh soars, an endangered subspecies of the urial sheep native to the region is increasingly at risk of losing its habitat.
playing ice hockey_ladakh
August 10, 2023
Walking on thin ice: Ladakh can no longer play its favourite sport
Ladakh's glacial mass is melting due to climate change. With no natural ice rinks, the locals are struggling to play the region's favourite sport, ice hockey.
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