This paper is an attempt to study the impact of unplanned development in Leh town of Ladakh region of J&K state. Unplanned Development often leads to a chain of events affecting people, economies and the whole ecosystem. The relationship between all living organisms and their systems is a delicate balance. When it is disrupted it can cause havoc, leading to serious and sometimes permanent damage. Such rapid and unplanned development has resulted in environmental and social degradation of Leh town. It has widened the gap between demand and supply of infrastructural services and sewerage thus depleting the precious environmental resource base of Leh town. The result is the growing trend in deterioration of air and water quality, generation of wastes, congestion, undesirable land use changes, extinction of endangered species and social evils.
Development, Tourism, Impact, Environmental Degradation, Social Degradation, Pollution
