NEW DELHI: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk in 2024 warned that the lack of democratic institutions and high unemployment in Ladakh could create a volatile situation in the sensitive border region. Speaking at a press conference in Kullu in 2024 while leading a foot march to Delhi with around 100 volunteers, Wangchuk referred said the people of Ladakh were demanding a greater role in governance. “We are thankful that Ladakh was made a Union Territory. But our original demand was UT with the legislature, so that the locals there could also participate in running their own region. But now that Ladakh is being run by bureaucracy, the local people have been cut off from governance,” he said in 2024. “This is dangerous for a fragile and sensitive area like Ladakh. You can imagine the sit

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