In Ladakh, India is working on building a new road from Manali to Leh, in an effort to keep troops and tanks on the Pakistan and China front unseen. With the formation of this, the movement of the army will be done faster and their time will also be saved.
India has also been working on providing alternative connectivity to the strategically important sub-sector North including Daulat Beg Oldi and other regions for the last three years and work has begun on Khardung La Pass, the world’s highest motorable road.
“Agencies are working to provide alternative connectivity from Manali to Leh through Nimu-Padam-Darcha axis which will help in saving a lot of time in comparison with the existing routes passing through Zojila pass from Srinagar and the other route from Manali to Leh through Sarchu,” government sources told ANI.
The route mainly used for transportation of goods and men is the one from Zojila, which passes through Drass-Kargil axis to Leh. The same route was targeted heavily by the Pakistanis during the Kargil war in 1999 and was subjected to frequent bombarding and shelling by their troops from positions in high altitude mountains alongside the road.
