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Ladakh: 14 km (8.7 mi) After crossing the Indus river at Upshi, the highway bears left for Karu. The right turn is an ancient trading road heading east toward Pangong Lake and Tibet. There is a helipad on this road. Leh: Ladakh: 3,500 m (11,500 ft) 34 km (21 mi) Staying to the left and following the Indus River leads toward Leh.
The Darbuk–Shyok–DBO Road traverses the historic winter route, also called the Zamistānee route, used by the trading caravans between Leh and Yarkand. Whereas the summer route would cross the Ladakh Range through the difficult Sasser Pass to reach the Shyok River valley, the winter route used to go via the banks of the Shyok River when the water flow would be much reduced and the frozen ...
Chiling Sumda is a village in the Leh district of Ladakh, India. [2] It is located Nimmu–Padum–Darcha road (NPDR) or Zanskar Highway in the Likir tehsil, on the bank of the Zanskar River in Zanskar region. It serves as a base camp for the Chadar Trek [3] in the winters and is used to raft the Zanskar river in the summers. [3]
National Highway 1D (NH 1D), also known as Srinagar–Leh Highway, was a National Highway in the state of Jammu and Kashmir that connected Srinagar to Leh in Ladakh. The Srinagar-Leh Highway was declared as National Highway in 2006. [1] [2] It is now part of National Highway 1 that extends west to Uri.
Setting up a 'Project Beacon' in Leh, the BRO completed the road by August 1962, and also extended it to Chushul by September 1962, just a few weeks before hostilities were initiated by China. [ 5 ] In addition to the Zoji La pass, the highway also had to cross the Ladakh Range between Kargil and Leh, via the Fotu La pass—4,108 metres (13,478 ...
A bus operates [clarification needed] between 1 June and 30 September, after which the Manali–Leh (NH21) highway is normally closed. [citation needed] Other roads, including the highway from Leh to Srinagar via Kargil, remain open until the end of October. The Nimmu–Padum–Darcha road is under construction. The road to Darcha via Purne is ...
On 14 December 2021, the first FM radio station in Ladakh was established in Leh. [150] There are a handful of private news outlets. Reach Ladakh Bulletin, [151] a biweekly newspaper in English, is the only print media published by and for Ladakhis. Rangyul or Kargil Number is a newspaper published from Kashmir covering Ladakh in English and Urdu.
Upshi is a village and road junction on the Leh-Manali Highway in the union territory of Ladakh in India. It is located 47 km (29 mi) to the southeast of Leh along the Indus river valley and Tanglang La on the Leh-Manali highway. Gya is also to the south. [2] Wish you Safe & Happy Journey. Upshi, Ladakh. 2010