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In 2017 a 52-kilometre (32 mi) paved road was constructed between the villages of Chisumle and Demchok by the Border Roads Organisation of India. The elevation at Umling La of 19,024 feet (5,799 m) surpassed the record previously held by the 18,953-foot (5,777 m) Uturuncu volcano road, Bolivia, making it the world's highest motorable road and pass. [2]
Bhalswa landfill is an overfilled landfill waste dumping site located in Delhi, India; it is over 60 metres (200 ft) high.The site opened in 1994 and was declared overfilled in 2006, but remains in use, receiving more than 2,300 tons dumped daily in 2021.
It is located in Ghazipur, a village in the eastern district of Delhi, India. [1] The landfill covers an area of approximately 70 acres (28 ha) and reaches heights of over 236 feet (72 m). [2] Ghazipur has become one of the largest landfills in Delhi.
Lists of mountains by state or region of India: List of peaks in Himachal Pradesh; List of mountains in Kerala; List of mountain peaks of Ladakh; List of mountain peaks of Maharashtra; List of mountains in Nagaland; List of Himalayan peaks of Uttarakhand; List of mountains and hills of the West Bengal; List of peaks in the Western Ghats
It is the highest mountain peak located in India and the third highest mountain peak in the world after Mount Everest and K2. [1] Uttarakhand: Nanda Devi: Garhwal Himalaya: 7,817 25,646 Nanda Devi is the highest peak located entirely within India. [2] It is located in the Chamoli district.
Kalsubai is the highest peak in Maharashtra and is located in Ahmednagar district in Akole Taluka. Its summit, situated at an elevation of 1,646 metres (5,400 ft), is the highest point in Maharashtra and hence it is known as the "Everest of Maharashtra". [2] The mountain range lies within the Kalsubai-Harishchandragad Wildlife Sanctuary.
Chaukhamba is a mountain massif in the Gangotri Group of the Garhwal Himalaya. Its main summit, Chaukhamba I, is the highest peak in the group. It lies at the head of the Gangotri Glacier and forms the eastern anchor of the group. [5] It is located in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, west of the Hindu holy town of Badrinath.
Bailadila Range, is a mountain range rising in the Deccan Plateau about 200 km west of the Eastern Ghats. It has been named 'Bailadila' because it resembles the hump of an ox. It is located near Kirandul town in the Dantewada district of southern Chhattisgarh, India. [2]