SRINIGAR, India -- Thousands braved sub-zero temperatures across India's remote Ladakh in recent weeks as they march for statehood and safeguards to protect a Himalayan region they say is increasingly squeezed by China and their own government.
Residents say Ladakh's glaciers and sensitive ecology are at risk due to Chinese encroachment and India's industrial and military buildup in the aftermath of a deadly 2020 border standoff.
