Excelsior Correspondent
LEH, Apr 10: The residents of Spangmik village, located near the famous Pangong lake, reportedly marched towards China in protest against the District Administration’s demolition drive carried out this morning to dismantle the tourist camp raised near the lake.
Reports said that all Spangmik residents, twelve household in number, marched towards China border leaving their livestock locked at home. The residents threatened that if they were not allowed to raise structures on their land, they would prefer to walk towards China in protest.
However the protesting residents were stopped by Army at Border Personal Meeting point (BPM) and when the last report received around 4:00 PM, they were still at BPM.
When Area Councillor Stanzin Konchok was contacted in Leh, he said that Pangong dispute has been there between the administration and the locals for quite sometimes and the former should find a solution in an amicable way without hurting the sentiment of residents around Pangong lake. He added that he couldn’t meet Deputy Commissioner today to discuss the issue as the latter, who is also the District Election Officer, was busy with ongoing election process.
Responding to media query, former Area Councilor Tsering Angchok telephonically said that administration carried out demolition drive in the area and destroyed number of tourist camps owned by locals. Claiming that the Administration didn’t demolish Wild Life Department structures raised in the same area, he termed the situation as critical and said that it was injustice towards the residents who were not being allowed to carry out business activities on their own land.
When Deputy Commissioner Avny Lavasa was contacted, she said that the Administration was in process to sort out the issue.
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