The Centre has given the Forest Act clearance for construction of another strategic tunnel, one that will bypass the 16,615-ft high Shinku La, connecting Ladakh to Himachal. The 4.1-km long proposed tunnel will provide all-weather connectivity from Manali to Leh via the Nimu-Padum-Darcha road, an important defence axis. Once complete, it will be world’s highest highway tunnel, surpassing the Atal …
The construction of a double-span bridge connecting the north and south banks of Pangong Tso by the Chinese Army in the Khurnak Fort area, occupied by the PLA in 1959, is part of the frantic military infrastructure upgradation carried out by Beijing across the 3488 km Line of Actual Control with India. Although the fresh bridge construction is beyond India’s …
Lieutenant General Rajeev Chaudhary informed that BRO will start the construction of the tunnel connecting Himachal Pradesh to Zanskar Valley in Ladakh by July this year Manali: Border Roads Organisation will construct the world’s highest tunnel at Shinku La Pass at 16,580 feet to connect Himachal Pradesh to Ladakh, informed BRO Director General Lieutenant General Rajeev Chaudhary on Saturday. Lieutenant …
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