The New Indian Express ·
Ladakh: The water that could bring Tso Kar back to life
At 15,000 feet in Ladakh, V.K.Saxena has a deceptively simple idea: take water that is disappearing down the mountains and use it to bring a dying lake back.
Water scarcity in Ladakh is a paradox. This is a desert of extraordinary dryness, yet above its barren valleys the glaciers are constantly making water. The problem is not always its absence. Sometimes it is where the water goes.
Delhi’s former Lt. Governor V.K. Saxena, and now of Ladakh is on water campaign by his travels through villages and remote settlements.
