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BRO to build world’s highest tunnel at Shinku La Pass to connect Himachal to Ladakh

ByPress Trust of India, Manali
Apr 17, 2022 02:40 AM IST

Lieutenant General Rajeev Chaudhary told PTI that BRO will start the construction of the tunnel connecting Himachal Pradesh to Zanskar Valley in Ladakh by July this year

The Border Roads Organisation will construct the world’s highest tunnel at Shinku La Pass at 16,580 feet to connect Himachal Pradesh to Ladakh, BRO Director General Lieutenant General Rajeev Chaudhary said here on Saturday. He stated this while opening the strategically important Himachal to Zanskar Road at Shinku La Pass from where over half a dozen vehicles crossed the Shinku La Pass from Zanskar side towards Manali.

Border Roads Organisation DG Lt Gen Rajeev Chaudhary flags off vehicles after restoration of the Shinkula Pass, connecting Leh-Ladakh’s Zanskar valley with Lahaul, in Himachal Pradesh, on Saturday. (PTI)
Border Roads Organisation DG Lt Gen Rajeev Chaudhary flags off vehicles after restoration of the Shinkula Pass, connecting Leh-Ladakh’s Zanskar valley with Lahaul, in Himachal Pradesh, on Saturday. (PTI)

Lieutenant General Rajeev Chaudhary told PTI that the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) will start the construction of the tunnel connecting Himachal Pradesh to Zanskar Valley in Ladakh by July this year. He said the Centre has already made ‘Project Yojak’ of BRO to execute this ambitious project. This tunnel, to be completed by 2025, will change the economy of Zanskar Valley, the official added. At present, one has to travel 101 kms from Manali to Darcha on Leh road and thereafter, take a turn from Darcha towards Shinku La Pass and enter Zanskar valley.

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The south portal of the tunnel will be at Shinku La and the north portal at Lakhang, he added.

The D-G lauded the efforts of BRO personnel in resorting the Shinku La-Padum road as well as Manali-Leh road in record time.

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