DAY 19 OF MY #CLIMATEFAST
5000 people fasting with me today. Morning Temperature: – 4 °C
As nature seems to find no serious place in our parliaments & policy making, I’m sharing a cray idea here.
Voting rights to nature.
It may sound weird, just as giving voting rights to… pic.twitter.com/Oa0xi66kzS— Sonam Wangchuk (@Wangchuk66) March 24, 2024
Educationist and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk have been on a hunger strike for nearly 20 days, demanding a statehood for Ladakh and adopt measures that can protect the fragile and unique ecosystem of the Union Territory. His demands include the implementation of the sixth schedule of the Constitution, separate Lok Sabha seats for Leh and Kargil districts, a recruitment process and a separate Public Service Commission for Ladakh. Braving sub-zero temperatures, scores of Ladakhi people too have joined Wangchuk in his “climate fast” under the open sky in Leh.
END OF DAY 17 OF #CLIMATEFAST
I’m fine, just a bit tired.
More than a 1000 joined me for the fast. Snowfall in the afternoon. Leaders from Kargil visited & announced fast from Sunday the 24th to 27th March in Kargil city.
Hope you too are joining such gatherings & fasts in your… pic.twitter.com/f9HwqzsBSd— Sonam Wangchuk (@Wangchuk66) March 22, 2024
END OF DAY 15 OF #CLIMATEFAST
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