{"id":5699,"date":"2021-04-24T10:04:28","date_gmt":"2021-04-24T04:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiacityblog.com\/?p=5699"},"modified":"2021-04-24T10:04:28","modified_gmt":"2021-04-24T04:34:28","slug":"kashmir-ladakh-zojila-pass-reopens-after-110-days-by-border-roads-organisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiacityblog.com\/travel\/kashmir-ladakh-zojila-pass-reopens-after-110-days-by-border-roads-organisation-5699\/","title":{"rendered":"Kashmir-Ladakh Zojila Pass reopens after 110 days by Border Roads Organisation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>April 23:<\/strong> An important connector between the Kashmir valley and Ladakh, Kashmir-Ladakh Zojila Pass has now been opened by the Border Roads Organisation.<\/p>\n<p>The pass is situated at a height of 11,650 feet and one of the vital roads in these high regions of the country. The pass is shut down each year around November when the temperature by a huge degree and is reopened at April-end the following year. This means, that the pass stays closed for about 150 days every year, however, this was a bit different this time.<\/p>\n<p>The pass remained functional in 2020 for a longer period of time and is now scheduled to open before the scheduled date in 2021. The pass was closed for a total of 110 days this time. 10 civilian trucks, carrying essential supplies, have already crossed the pass as they went towards Kargil.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/indiacityblog.com\/travel\/meghalaya-cm-bans-entry-of-citizens-from-other-states-5668\/\">Meghalaya CM bans entry of citizens from other states, reduces RT-PCR time frame from 72 to 48 hours<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The pass is located about 100 km away from Srinagar. The Zoji-la Tunnel is currently under construction for which, the work began back in 2018. The tunnel is constructed to help reduce the time taken to reach Ladakh.<\/p>\n<p>After its completion, the tunnel will have &#8220;a two-lane bi-directional single tube tunnel that runs for 14.2 km.&#8221; Having some exclusive features, the reports suggests that the tunnel will make the tunnel &#8216;a modern-day smart tunnel&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Other than CCTV monitoring, the tunnel will also have emergency lighting, a ventilation system and a tunnel radio system as well. Along with these, there will be fire fighting cabinets and emergency telephones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 23: An important connector between the Kashmir valley and Ladakh, Kashmir-Ladakh Zojila Pass has now been opened by the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":5700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[7854,7853,7461],"yst_prominent_words":[4345,5017,746],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiacityblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5699"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiacityblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiacityblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiacityblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiacityblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiacityblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiacityblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiacityblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiacityblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiacityblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5699"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiacityblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=5699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}