Light at the end of the tunnel ?

The catchword for this decade has to be accessibility. With the doors thrown open there seem to be no limits to what humans can achieve. But accessibility also brings certain ills with it. The one I fear is what will happen to the region of Ladakh, once the Rohtang tunnel provides an easy gateway to the Lahaul district.

I happen to steer towards the same topic every August "" the fate of Ladakh and its people. I now fear this is an outsider’s view point. From the inside looking out the benefits that the tunnel would bring to the…