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Sonam Wangchuk showcases eco-friendly mud home in Ladakh after hunger strike ends

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Climate activist and innovator Sonam Wangchuk has been discharged from Medanta Hospital following a 26-day hunger strike. He drew public attention to his sustainable home in Ladakh, which uses mud construction, passive solar heating, and waterless sanitation to stay warm without conventional heaters. Wangchuk led a protest under the CJP demanding examination reforms, which contributed to Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation. The engineer and activist is widely known as the real-life inspiration behind the character Rancho in the Bollywood film '3 Idiots', though he remains modest about the connection.

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