Community Initiatives Tackle Climate Change In Ladakh Village

The picturesque traditional Ladakhi houses made of stones, mud, and wood are increasingly finding it difficult to sustain themselves. Wooden roofs that were originally designed to stand amid snow now leak through heavy summer rainfalls. Not just the old houses, traditional farming practices are also facing the heat of climatic uncertainty. “Our villages had never seen this kind of rainfall. The crops that used to grow in abundance like the black pea are endangered while people are growing tomatoes, watermelons,” said Yangchan Dolma, a resident of Phyang village in Ladakh region of Kashmir.

A school teacher, Dolma also provides accommodation to conscious travelers at her heritage home-turned-farm-stay, in the hope that the visitors understand the true way of Ladakhi living.

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