Cloudburst in Jammu and Kashmir; Srinagar-Leh highway closedA police official said some buildings, including residential houses, have suffered damage due to the flash floods triggered by the cloudbur...
04 Aug, 2024, 11.25 AM IST
Manali-Leh highway closed today for 6 months till May, violators to face actionThe Manali-Leh national highway will be closed from November 20 onwards due to cold weather conditions and potential driving risks. The clo...
20 Nov, 2023, 02.37 PM IST
Srinagar-Leh highway reopens in record 73 daysThe highway was thrown open for traffic at the Zojila Pass, situated at an altitude of 11,650 feet metres, by Director General of BRO Lt Ge...
19 Mar, 2022, 04.46 PM IST
111 stranded passengers airlifted between J&K and Ladakh: IAFThe IAF's AN-32 aircraft, also known as Kargil Courier, was operated to airlift 53 passengers between Jammu and Kargil and 58 more between ...
12 Mar, 2022, 10.13 PM IST
IAF airlifts 381 stranded passengers in Jammu and KashmirThe passengers were stranded after the Srinagar-Leh national highway was closed due to heavy snowfall, the officials said.
15 Mar, 2021, 02.20 PM IST
Indian Air Force ferries 381 stranded passengers from Jammu and Kashmir to LadakhThe IAF operates C-17, C-130 and an-32 aircraft regularly to airlift stranded passengers between Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh in view of t...
13 Mar, 2021, 04.27 PM IST
LG seeks Centre's help to exploit full economic potential of Pashmina produced in LadakhMathur raised the issue during a meeting with Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) ...
11 Nov, 2020, 03.51 PM IST
In J&K tomorrow, PM to launch works on Zojilla Tunnel, other projectsThe tunnel will cut down the time taken to cross the Zojila pass from the present 3.5 hours to just 15 minutes, besides making the drive mu...
18 May, 2018, 05.29 PM IST
Nitin Gadkari urges ILFS to explore rail alignment in Zojila tunnelThe Minister during an event for signing of MoU for the tunnel, also asked IL&FS to complete the work faster than the assigned seven years.
25 Jan, 2018, 07.45 PM IST
NHIDCL inks MoU with IL&FS for Rs 6,808 crore Zojila tunnel projectThe project has strategic and socio-economic importance and will be an instrument for the development of the economically backward district...
25 Jan, 2018, 05.45 PM IST
Gadkari urges ILFS to explore rail alignment in Zojila tunnelIL&FS Transportation has been awarded the project for Zojila pass tunnel in Jammu and Kashmir for which a construction period of 2,555 days...
24 Jan, 2018, 10.30 PM IST
'Reduction in travel time across Zojila pass will ensure year-round defence supplies'Lt Gen D S Hooda, who retired as Corps commander of the Northern Command, feels that with the construction of the tunnel, troops deployed i...
04 Jan, 2018, 07.47 PM IST
Government approves Rs 6,809-crore Zojila Pass tunnel project in J&KZojila pass is situated at an altitude of 11,578 feet on Srinagar-Kargil-Leh National Highway that remains closed during winters due to hea...
03 Jan, 2018, 11.19 PM IST
Manali-Leh National Highway opened for vehicular trafficGen Mittal also inspected the road from Manali to Sarchu and praised the 38 BRTF, for accomplishing the Herculean task in record time.
15 Jun, 2015, 11.48 PM IST
- Srinagar-Leh Highway may partially open on April 5
The 434-km highway, the only road link between Kashmir and Ladakh region, remains closed from late November due to heavy snowfall.
02 Apr, 2013, 12.07 PM IST
- AN-32 courier service to Kargil to start from Nov 26: Qamar Ali Akhoon, Minister for Transport
Indian Air Force will commence AN-32 courier service to Kargil from November 26 and it will remain operational during the winter season aft...
06 Nov, 2012, 08.53 PM IST
- Srinagar-Leh national highway closed due to heavy snowfall
Jammu and Kashmir experienced the season's first heavy snowfall leading to the closure of 434-km long Srinagar-Leh national highway.
04 Nov, 2011, 08.05 PM IST