Protests in remote Ladakh enter 3rd week. Locals demand protection of fragile ecology, land autonomy

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Thousands of people in the remote region of Ladakh have been protesting for over two weeks in freezing temperatures, demanding constitutional provisions from the Indian government to protect their territory’s fragile ecology and to have autonomy over land and agriculture decisions. Nestled between India, Pakistan and China, Ladakh has faced territorial disputes and suffered the effects of climate change. Shifting weather patterns in the altered people’s lives through , and . Top is taking part in the demonstrations in the town of Leh. He has been...