PADUM: Ladakh is witnessing protests over a mix of grievances — including centrally-driven infrastructure projects like roads, tunnels, power corridors and a proposed solar park, which locals say are being pushed without consent. The region was made a Union Territory after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019, and many now argue that the changes have deepened exclusion. The unrest intensified last week when police opened fire on demonstrators in Leh, killing four and injuring dozens as they pressed for statehood and constitutional safeguards. “They tell us to trust development,” a monk in Karsha, Zanskar's largest monastery, whispered after evening prayers. “But whose development is it, if we have no say in what is built?” The line is repeated in villages along glacial rivers, in nu

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