Deep below Rohtang, an all-weather link surfaces
Working 24x7 in extreme conditions deep below the Rohtang Pass (13,051 feet), engineers and personnel of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) have reached the first milestone less than a year after they set out to build an all-weather road link to the Lahaul-Spiti Valley in Himachal Pradesh and strategic areas of Ladakh.
The first kilometre-length of the 8.8-km tunnel has been completed.
Publication Date:
14/06/2011