Road to LAC, boon for Kailash Mansarovar pilgrims

Link via Uttarakhand to reduce Mansarovar yatra by 6 days

Tribune Web Desk

Updated At : 12:55 PM Sep 17, 2024 IST

Ajay Banerjee

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, May 8

In a strategically vital development, India has completed its first road connectivity to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China in Uttarakhand, paving the way for a smooth ride for pilgrims headed to the holy Kailash Mansarovar and for troops deployed there.

The Border Roads Organisation has completed the 80-km section to the 17,000-foot Lipulekh Pass, from where Mount Kailash is located 97 km in Tibet. The Ghatiabgarh-Lipulekh road connectivity was achieved on April 17, which was followed by trials. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh opened the road by video-conferencing this morning. So far, pilgrims and security forces had to undertake a three-day one-way trek to reach the pass close to the India-China-Nepal tri-junction. Now, it will be a two-day drive from Delhi to Lipulekh (750 km) via Pithoragarh. In all, it will reduce the travel time for the yatra by six days. Beyond Lipulekh, the 97-km road to Mount Tibet already exists.

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