LIPULEKH PASS Route Map @ 17,050 ft; UTTARAKHAND (1st Road Connectivity to LOC)

Detailed Route map Attached

India has completed the first road connectivity to LOC with China in Uttarakhand to ensure smooth ride of pilgrims to Kailsah Mansarowar

The road ends @ 17,050 ft high Lipulekh pass. From there Mount Kailash is located around 97 kms north of pass in Tibet

The BRO completed the 80kms stretch connecting Ghatiabgarh and Lipulekh oh April 17

The BRO achieved road connectivity from Dharchula to lipulekh (China Border) known as Kailash mansarowar Yatra Route.

The Lipulekh pass, close to the Tri-junction of India-China-Nepal, is the lowest point in this section of the high Himalayas.

With the construction of the road, pilgrims can travel to Lipulekh from Delhi in two days. The distance from Delhi to Lipulekh is 750 km.

This route will reduce the usual travel time for the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra by some six days.

The other route for the yatra via Sikkim is 2,780 km. It involves taking a flight to Bagdogra (1,115 km from Delhi), thereafter 1,665 km of road travel, including 1,490 in China.

Another existing route is via Nepal. It involves taking a flight to Kathmandu in Nepal, 1,150 km from Delhi, and thereafter a combination of two flights with road travel (1,940 km total) or two flights and one helicopter sortie (755 km) or total road travel from Nepal (840 km). The distance excludes 43 km on foot in China.

The new route via Uttrakhand will reduce a lot of time for the pilgrims. It would be the shortest and cheapest route and also one fifth distance of road travel as compared to the other routes.