Srinagar-Leh road reopens after 73 days
One of the two strategic roads to Ladakh was re-opened today after a 73-day closure due to winter and heavy snow. The Border Roads Organisation (BRO), on Saturday, sent vehicles across the Zojila, a 11,650 feet high pass, on the 420-km Srinagar-Kargil-Leh highway.
The average closure period of the pass in past years has been 135 days, a spokesperson of the Ministry of Defence said from Srinagar. This year the pass closed on January 4 and was kept open in November-December amid hectic snow clearance efforts by the BRO. The connectivity across the Zojila pass was initially established on March 3.
