Internet Curbs, Prohibitory Orders In Ladakh Ahead Of Sonam Wangchuk's March
NDTV
The climate activist and education reformer had hit out at the administration over alleged steps to scuttle the march.
Two days ahead of the planned border march announced by climate activist and education reformer Sonam Wangchuk to "highlight the ground realities in Ladakh", including the alleged encroachment by China, the Union territory's administration has issued prohibitory orders in Leh district and also announced that internet speeds will be reduced. PEACEFUL LADAKH IS VERY CONFUSED!After 31 days of extremely peaceful prayers & fasts...Suddenly peace initiatives of the administration sounds more dangerous than anything !PEACE AT ANY COST !!?#SaveLadakh#SAVEHIMALAYAS#SaveGlaciers#6thSchedule#SupportSonamWangchukpic.twitter.com/ZRbPZ3V8Kv
Thousands were expected to join the march, which is part of the agitation for statehood, to the Line of Actual Control on Sunday. The call for the 'Pashmina March', on the lines of Mahatma Gandhi's Dandi March, was given by Mr Wangchuk on March 27, a day after he had called off his 21-day hunger strike for statehood for Ladakh and the safeguarding of rights of its majority tribal population under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution.
The innovator, who is spearheading the protests and is on a three-day fast again, hit out at the administration over alleged steps to scuttle the march and said the administration's peace initiatives now sound "dangerous".
