The indigenous Lepchas of Sikkim are using Gandhian methods of protest to prevent construction of hydel projects that will destroy their land and the environment. At a time when politics has been reduced to a numbers game, they know that their minority status is against them. But they are determined to continue the struggle.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/gandhigiri-sikkim
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/vibha-arora
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/economic-and-political-weekly
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/north-east
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/teesta
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dams
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hydroelectricity
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bhutia
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/lepcha
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sikkim
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/north-sikkim
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/infrastructure-development
