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Why life and landscape of ladakh area has begun to change and more opportunities are opened for local people

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Answered by aydivirs
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While there is no denying that life in Ladakh involves hard work, the people enjoy a substantial amount of leisure, highlighted by lengthy and elaborate weddings, funerals and religious celebrations. Their culture is rich and colorful, centering around the beliefs and practices of Tibetan Mahayana Buddhism, the predominant religion.

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Over the years, writers and travelers have been unable to resist employing the term Shangri La to describe the remote land of Ladakh, in northern India. Yet, at a glance, this region of the Tibetan Plateau seems an unlikely paradise. The soaring Himalayas, which define Ladakh on the south, prevent all but about four inches of annual precipitation from reaching the area. The base elevation is around 11,000 feet, with the mountains reaching 20,000 feet and higher. During the seven-month winter, it is not uncommon for temperatures to drop to -40°F. In summer, the high altitude sun beats down mercilessly. Scarcely any vegetation softens the lines of the jagged mountains.

But tucked in the valleys among these barren mountains are villages which testify to a life of abundance rather than scarcity. Startlingly green terraced fields of barley, wheat and vegetables surround large, elegant houses of adobe and hand-carved wood. Like their beautiful communities, the friendly faces and the tolerant, generous manner of the Ladakhi people radiate a sense of plenty and satisfaction.

Through their intimate understanding and ingenious use of scarce natural resources, these people have for centuries succeeded in providing for all their basic needs. And they have done so without undermining the integrity of their natural environment, without treating nature as an adversary to be conquered. Nor do the Ladakhis interact competitively with each other. Their way of life is characterized by cooperation - within the extended family and throughout the village. The young learn from and help the old, and there is little rigidity in the division between the work and privileges of women and men. Life in Ladakh is infused with great stability and peacefulness. Crime and poverty are virtually unknown.

In addition to stimulating an interest in new products and practices, tourism is effecting a profound change in the Ladakhis' self-image. Through contact with tourists, the Ladakhis gain the impression that Westerners lead a life of infinite wealth and leisure. By comparison, their own way of life - a near miracle of social and environmental balance - seems inferior and outmoded.

Solar ovens, food driers, and water heaters; hydraulic pumps for lifting water; and windmills for generating electricity have also been successfully introduced by the Ladakh Project. Other aspects of the organization's work include reinforcing support for the traditional, very productive agricultural methods, providing information on the dangers associated with new materials coming into use (such as pesticides and asbestos) and sponsoring activities which celebrate Ladakhi culture.

Answered by ekaanshg1710
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in simple words it is helpful to poor people because of the climate change poor people don't have to give much money for there living.

they can live there own because of low coldness

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