Leh: Ladakh is now home to the world’s highest motorable road built at Umlingla Pass in Eastern Ladakh by Border Roads Organisation (BRO) India.
The road is built at an altitude of around 19,300 ft, the road has marked its global presence & will give a major boost to tourism in Ladakh.
The project was inaugurated by Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
- The Chisumle-Demchok road holds the Guinness World Record of world’s highest motorable road.
- The black-topped, 52-kilometre road connects many important towns in the Chumar sector of Eastern Ladakh.
- It is located at a very strategic point as the villages that will be connected by the road are very close to the India-China border in the eastern sector. This road was constructed under Project Himank.
- According to government, the altitude of this road is higher than the base camps of Mount Everest. The South Base Camp in Nepal is situated at an altitude of 17,598 ft, while the North Base Camp in Tibet is at 16,900 feet.
- This road is much above the altitude of Siachen Glacier which is at 17,700 feet.
