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The main cause of the war was a dispute over the sovereignty of the widely separated Aksai Chin and Arunachal Pradesh border regions. Aksai Chin, claimed by India to belong to Ladakh and by China to be part of Xinjiang, contains an important road link that connects the Chinese regions of Tibet and Xinjiang.
The Bum La Pass is a border pass between China's Tsona County in Tibet and India's Tawang district in Arunachal Pradesh. [1] It is 37 km away from the town of Tawang in India's Tawang district and 43 km from the town of Tsona Dzong in China's Tsona County. The pass currently serves as a trading point between Arunachal Pradesh and Tibet. [2]
Bomdila is located at 1] It has an average elevation of 2415 metres (7923 feet). Climate: In Bomdila, the wet season is cool and mostly cloudy and the dry season is cold and clear. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 31 °F to 66 °F and is rarely below 27 °F or above 70 °F.
On India-China border, halfway between Shillong in India and Doklam in Bhutan. Kalindi Pass: Uttarakhand: 19,521 ft (5,950 m) Heavily glaciated out-of-the-way off-road pass northeast of Guptakashi and southwest of Kedarnath. Karakoram Pass (Qara Tagh La) Ladakh: 18,176 ft (5,540 m)
It is an arduous journey: most of the road is loose tarmac and gravel giving way to mud in many places. However, it is a scenic journey of nearly 12 hours, crossing Bomdila Pass 2,438 metres (8,000 feet), peaking at Sela Pass 4,176 metres (13,700 feet), Jaswant Garh and, finally, Tawang. Government buses often break down (usually on the way up ...
Abra de Porculla, Peru (connects between Olmos and Marañón) — 2,137 metres (7,011 ft), lowest pass in the Andes Ticlio , Peru — 4,818 metres (15,807 ft) Paso Chungará , Chile – Bolivia (on road 11 and 4, connects between Arica and La Paz ) — 4,680 metres (15,350 ft)
It will also connect to the Trans-Arunachal Highway. The highway will pass through the BCIM Economic Corridor proposed by the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Forum for Regional Cooperation (BCIM Forum), [3] [4] a multi-mode corridor that includes a highway from Calcutta in India's West Bengal state to Kunming in China's Yunnan province.
The BRO is also improving the road from Sangestar Tso (north of Tawang) to Bum La Pass on India-China Line of Actual Control (disputed parts of McMahon Line). [1] NH13 has been converted to 2-lane road. [1] Sela pass is located at 4,200 m [1] but the two tunnels are located at the height of 3,000 m (10,000 feet). The tunnel cuts through Sela ...