India building road to Ladakh, for moving troops away from enemy's eyes

In an effort to rush troops and tanks to the Pakistan and China front in Ladakh without being observed by the enemy India is working on making a new road from Manali to Leh which will provide the third link between the high altitude mountainous Union Territory UT and the rest of the countryIndia is also working on providing alternative connectivity to the strategically important SubSector North including the Daulat Beg Oldi and other areas there for the last three years and work has already started from the worlds highest motorable road Khardung La passIndia building new road to Ladakh for facilitating troop movement without observation from enemyRead ANI Story httpstcoh7qU2zNk7r pictwittercomZ58w8YRyDQmdash ANI Digital ani_digital August 19 2020Agencies are working to provide alternative connectivity from Manali to Leh through NimuPadamDarcha axis which will help in saving a lot of time in comparison with the existing routes passing through Zojila pass from Srinagar and the other route from Manali to Leh through Sarchu government sources told ANIThe road will save almost three to four hours journey time while travelling from Manali to Leh and will also not leave any scope for the Pakistanis or other adversaries to monitor the movement of the Indian Army while deploying troops and heavy weaponry like tanks and artillery guns to the Ladakh area from other locations they saidThe route mainly used for transportation of goods and men is the one from Zojila which passes through DrassKargil axis to Leh The same route was targeted heavily by the Pakistanis during the Kargil war in 1999 and was subjected to frequent bombarding and shelling by their troops from positions in high altitude mountains alongside the roadSources said the work has already started on this project and the new road will connect Manali with Leh near Nimu where Prime Minister Narendra Modi had recently visited during the ongoing conflict with ChinaLikewise to provide alternatives to the strategic DurbukShyokDaulat Beg Oldi road India is working on further developing the old summer route on which caravans used to reach eastern Ladakh areas from the western sideThe new road will travel from Leh towards Khardungla and then move through glaciers including the SasomaSaser LaShyok and Daulat Beg Oldi axisSenior sources said that the 14 Corps was given the responsibility of finding an alternative to the DSDBO road and check the road coming from near the Siachen camp towards the DBO area and one unit was sent through there on a trial basisThe Army unit travelled from Sasoma to Saser La in vehicles and the rest of the area on foot on the route which is full of bones of doublehumped camels which were used to ferry cargo through the very rough Shyok river during the summers The new route was earlier used by the Army also to maintain the Sub Sector NorthKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever