The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) connected the strategic Nimmu-Padam-Darcha road in Ladakh on Monday (March 25). This 298-km road will connect Manali to Leh through Darcha and Nimmu on Kargil – Leh Highway.
The road is now the third axis apart from Manali-Leh and Srinagar-Leh, which connects Ladakh to the hinterland.
The Nimmu-Padam-Darcha road derives its strategic importance from the fact that it is not only shorter vis-a-vis the other two axes, but crosses only one pass; Shinkun ...
Kargil, March 14: Chairman/Chief Executive Councilor, LAHDC, Kargil, Dr Mohd. Jaffer Akhoon visited Nimmu–Padum–Darcha road to assess the present status of the road construction being executed by Border Road Organization (BRO).
The road starting from Nimmu in Leh to Padum Zanskar will finally end at Darcha in HP for a distance of around 245 Km is a strategically important road funded under Ministry of Defence and started its execution in the year 2000.
The project was initially assigne...
