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Ladakhi engineer Sonam Wangchuk and his team from the alternative school, Students’ Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh (SECMOL), built the Ice Stupa programme to solve growing water scarcity in the region and make communities self-reliant and engaged in water conservation.
Jun 29, 2023 · Recognizing the urgency of finding a sustainable solution, Sonam Wangchuk embarked on a quest to address Ladakh's water crisis through his groundbreaking invention, the Ice Stupas. Drawing inspiration from the Buddhist stupas, which are sacred monuments, Wangchuk devised a revolutionary method to freeze and store water during the winter months.
Mar 22, 2024 · An Ice Stupa in Ladakh. (Photo: Sonam Wangchuk) In the heart of Ladakh, amidst the towering Himalayas, the Ice Stupas stand as remarkable symbols of innovation and sustainability. Conceived...
Feb 27, 2022 · However, Indian innovator and physicist Sonam Wangchuk devised an innovative solution to this problem: the Ice Stupa. The word stupa means “to heap” or “to pile up” in Sanskrit. The Ice Stupa, then, is essentially an artificial glacier.
Faced with retreating glaciers high in the Himalaya, engineer Sonam Wangchuk invented a way to store winter water for irrigation—a 78-foot-tall “ice stupa”.
In October 2016, Wangchuk and his team went to the Swiss Alps and started building the first Ice Stupa of Europe, together with the Swiss partners. [43][44][45] In February 2018, a group of young local sculptors and artists from Ladakh built an actual 10-feet high ice stupa.
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Oct 2, 2017 · Sonam Wangchuk is the inventor of the ice structures. Villagers in Ladakh face harsh living conditions. Road blockages in the winter months mean they are cut off from the rest of the...
