After Sonam Wangchuk Detained In Delhi, Supporters Blockade NH1 Near Leh
NDTV
Sonam Wangchuk and his supporters were walking to Delhi to urge the government to resume dialogue over demands that include listing Ladakh in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution.
Delhi Police's detention of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk - at the Singhu border Monday night, while his supporters and he were marching to the national capital - has led to tension in the Union Territory of Ladakh, where he is leading a fight to safeguard the local ecology. I AM BEING DETAINED...along with 150 padyatrisat Delhi Border, by a police force of 100s some say 1,000.Many elderly men & women in their 80s and few dozen Army veterans...Our fate is unknown.We were on a most peaceful march to Bapu's Samadhi... in the largest democracy… pic.twitter.com/iPZOJE5uuM The detention of Sonam Wangchuk ji and hundreds of Ladakhis peacefully marching for environmental and constitutional rights is unacceptable.Why are elderly citizens being detained at Delhi's border for standing up for Ladakh's future?Modi ji, like with the farmers, this…
This morning nearly two dozen protesters mounted crude blockades - including sticks mounted across upturned traffic cones - on National Highway 1, about six km from the town of Fiang.
The blockades have reportedly trapped tourists, including those from abroad. The situation in-between these blockades is understood to be tense but calm, for now. Visuals show at least protesters gathered behind a blockade, with about 100 cars and 50 trucks parked behind them.
