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‘Close schools, open liquor bars’: Sonam Wangchuk hits out at Ladakh administration

A notice asking Sonam Wangchuk’s Himalayan Institute of Alternatives to stop activities at its Desert Flower School has reignited a dispute over land, education and regulatory approvals in…

‘Close schools, open liquor bars’: Sonam Wangchuk hits out at Ladakh administration
‘Close schools, open liquor bars’: Sonam Wangchuk hits out at Ladakh administration — image via Google News Ladakh — Credit: Storywire

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A notice asking Sonam Wangchuk’s Himalayan Institute of Alternatives to stop activities at its Desert Flower School has reignited a dispute over land, education and regulatory approvals in Ladakh. Wangchuk has criticised the administration’s move, but the larger battle is now before the High Court, where both sides have put forward sharply different accounts of the institute’s land allotment.

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