{"id":67001,"date":"2025-10-07T13:36:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T08:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=67001"},"modified":"2025-10-07T15:52:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T10:22:56","slug":"mig-la-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/mig-la-pass\/","title":{"rendered":"Mig La Pass"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Mig La Pass Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, Project Himank of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has constructed the world\u2019s highest motorable road at Mig La Pass, 19,400 feet above sea level in Ladakh.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Mig La Pass<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mig La Pass is located on the <\/span><b>Changthang Plateau in Ladakh.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>World Record Altitude:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> At 19,400 ft, Mig La Pass is the highest motorable road in the world.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Strategic Axis:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It connects <\/span><b>Likaru\u2013Mig La\u2013Fukche,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> creating the third vital corridor from Hanle to Fukche <\/span><b>near the Indo-China border.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>All-Weather Road:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Built with advanced features to withstand harsh winters, shifting glaciers, and oxygen-thin air, making it the highest all-season road globally.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>What is Project Himank?<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Project was <\/span><b>raised on 04 Dec 1985 at Leh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the development of road communication in Ladakh region.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The entire area of responsibility of the Project falls in high altitude with challenging working conditions and limited working season.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has the distinction of <\/span><b>supporting the Army during various operations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> undertaken in the region.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Project ensures the <\/span><b>maintenance of communication<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and access to strategic areas close to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-line-of-actual-control\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Line of Actual Control<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with China and had been instrumental in keeping both the Leh &#8211; Manali and the Zojila axis open during Op VIJAY.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has done yeoman service in <\/span><b>restoration of road communication<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, clearing landslides and avalanches, constructions of bridges, <\/span><b>snow clearance and opening of air fields.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsonair.gov.in\/bro-breaks-its-own-record-builds-worlds-highest-motorable-road-at-19400-ft-in-ladakh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">News On Air<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mig La Pass is located on the Changthang Plateau in Ladakh. 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