BRO opens up Manali-Sarchu Road
In an effort to ensure seamless and unhindered logistical back-up to the troops guarding the Line of Actual Control(LAC)in Ladakh, the Border Road Organisation (BRO) opened up the 210 Km long Manali-Sarchu Road in Himachal Pradesh on Saturday. This is the alternate route to Ladakh besides through Kashmir.
This achievement comes a day after the BRO opened the Zojila Pass for civilian traffic on the Srinagar- Kargil- Leh Road. Opening the Manali — Sarchu Road establishes the vital connect to Lahaul District in Himachal Pradesh which further leads to Leh in Ladakh.
The pass and the road, in the past, generally opened in the last week of April,
