Zoji la reopens in record 73 days
The Zoji La Pass was on Friday opened for civilian traffic. It was for the first time in over six decades that the Zoji La Pass, on NH-1, faced a closure for only 73 days, as against an average of 150 days, the Defence Ministry said.
The first civilian convoy comprising 560 vehicles carrying fresh supplies, medicines and other essential items and passenger vehicles crossed over to Ladakh from Sonamarg.
The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) established the unprecedented breakthrough on the gateway connect between Union Territories of Ladakh and Jammu & Kashmir on March 19, 2022 when the first Trial Convoy was flagged off by DGBR, Lt Gen Rajeev Chaudhry from Zoji la to Ladakh, the Ministry said.
