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Key to Ladakhs climate-resilient future is building and maintaining artificial glaciers such as ice stupas..
The same innovators spearheading frozen reservoirs in the 1990s now leverage decades of experience for efficient, sustainable water management as temperatures rise.. Communities like Ladakh feel the impact of climate change years and decades before big cities do, says Nishant Tiku, 32, Ice Stupa Project director, an initiative by Wangchuks NGO, Students Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh...
When he was studying Ladakhs glaciers, Norphel noticed small diversions where trickling water could freeze naturally..
The Ice Man of India joined the Leh Nutrition Project (LNP) under the central Watershed Development Programme in the 1990s, and built several artificial glaciers...
Artificial structures like ice stupas are easy to construct and can be quickly adopted by anyone, explained project director Tiku, adding that most of the work is undertaken by the NGO sector with the involvement of villagers...
