Bright Lights and Cold Feet in Leh

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The Ladakh Buddhist Association (LBA), the standard-bearer for the Ladakhi agitation since 1989, has been branching out into new activities, extending the scope of its fight against "social evils".

On 2 January, the Ladakh Ecological Development Group (LEDeG) called a meeting of representatives of the LBA, the local administration, village headmen, and the police and power departments. The topic of discussion was the problem of illegal consumption of electricity in the town. The diesel generator that supplies power to the valley has a very limited capacity. Its power supply is supposed to be supplemented by a line from the Stakna Hydel Project. However, in summer it silts up, and in winter it freezes. So, most of the time it falls on the diesel generator to fulfil Leh's demand for electricity.

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