If you are planning to visit Manali on a Tuesday, be prepared to face one of the worst traffic jams of the world. Here you would not be able to see the highway as vehicles on highways totally paused like they are parked. Rohtang pass and other snow points being closed as per the direction
Snowfall statistics at Rohtang in past 20 years
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Since neither the Snow Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE a unit of DRDO), nor any other organizations have instruments installed at 13,050 feet high Rohtang pass to measure the amount of snowfall, officials of 70RCC wing of Border Roads Organization (BRO) are the only to record the activities on this mighty pass. According to BRO Second-in-Command
Heavy snowfall in peaks around Manali and Lahaul-Spiti has brought down the temperature many notches below the normal for this time of season. Manali on Friday recorded the minimum temperature of 11.9 degree Celsius while the maximum was 21 degree Celsius. Minimum temperature in Keylong, headquarter of Lahaul-Spiti district, was recorded at 6.5 degree Celsius
Tourists being duped by travel agents and hoteliers in Manali and Shimla
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When money is the matter of prime concern, then who want to know the meaning of ‘Atithi Devo Bhava’. Making ‘Money Devo Bhava’ their favourite quote, most of the travel agents, hoteliers and taxi drivers in Shimla, Manali and other tourist places of HP are making fool out of the innocent tourists. “I booked through
Cutting through the 20 to 50 feet thick blanket of snow, Border Roads Organization, a wing of Indian Army, has restored the 474-km-long strategically important Manali-Leh highway after eight months on Wednesday (June 1). Though the traffic on the highway had came to halt following a heavy snowfall on November 28 but it was officially
Rohtang pass opens for tourists
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Good news for millions of tourists who have planned to visit Manali this summer. The picturesque Rohtang pass is ready to entertain them with 10 to 25 feet of silvery snow. Border Roads Organization has made the highway up to Rohtang worth plying of tourist vehicles and waved the green flag on Tuesday evening. Organization
Given the safety of tourists, they are not allowed to move beyond the Marhi, 17 km before Rohtang (35 km from Manali). BRO has decided to repair the highway first. A meeting would be held at Rohtang on June 2 and after taking stock of the entire highway up to ‘zero-point’ on Rohtang, BRO would
Manali-Keylong highway opens for traffic
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The Manali-Keylong highway has been opened for vehicular movement. A state transport 42-seater bus filled with passengers successfully reached Manali from Keylong on Friday. Around two dozen light vehicles, too, crossed the Rohtang pass after almost six months. Border Roads Organisation has given strict instructions that all non-military vehicles would be allowed to cross the
Around 300 meter stretch of highway between Rahni Nullah and Marhi has been sinking with regular flow of melting snow. This area has been marked as ‘Red Zone’ by border roads organization which has been annoying them since August last year. The non-stop round the year seeping water has made mountain above the highway boggy
Drenched with extremely cold water that just came out of glacier, they were trembling badly with severe cold and wandering in semi-unconscious state to find a piece of snowless land; hungry and completely exhausted. Finally they succeeded and snatched a pair of chair from a Bengali family who was searching for a same comfortable rest.