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https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/schools/10-years-in-making-longest-bridge-on-manali–leh-highway-complete-152290 10 years in making, longest bridge on Manali–Leh highway complete Set to open for traffic this month The longest bridge on the strategic Manali – Leh highway, located in Himachal...

Ooh! That solves the mystery. Thanks! I do know that 3 4 new districts were created in Arunachal, but did not know the minute details.

Interesting village in Arunachal Compare the 2007 and 2013 images. The expansion is pretty large by usual standards.

East of Bumla this Road network totaling 50 km was constructed post 2013. Existing road = yellow New Road = Green Border = Red The road is almost parallel to the border and at times just 1km away from border. The construction was fast. Not a single trace of construction in 2013-14...

Chardham Road project in Uttarakhand Pithoragarh has a Military Station and an Advance Landing Strip(ALG). It is home to 69th Mountain Brigade. Dharchula is also a military station and lies on route to Manasarovar via Lipulekh pass. Earlier Dharchula-Lipulekh route was very crude route...

Contiued from above, To give you an idea of weight of military equipment, I think the number circled in yellow gives the weight of the equipment A usual vanilla troop/goods carrier has maximum 12tonne max loaded weight (see the yellow circle) Smerch weighs 40 tonnes (see the yellow...

New bridges. Actually you can see two bridges in every pic. The older and smaller bridge will be 24 tonne capacle bridge. The new bigger bridge will be 70 tonne capable bridge

One more jackpot which no one discusses In addition, construction & improvement work on Wangla-Fangila-SumdhoPhotoksar-Yelchung- Niraq (26.8 Km) ( An alternate route to Nimmu-Padam-Darcha) to Cl-9(E) specifications I had discussed this in previous posts

Late 2016 news NHDL = National Highway Double Lane

Nitin Gokhale on the Darcha - Padum -Leh Road

Status of Manali - Darcha - Padum - Leh road Good news is that entire 300km road is supposed to be a proper 2 lane road As of 2017. Out of 300km road 212 km has been connected (road cutting, 4x4 type road or dirt road) 30 km is two laned 100 km is one laned 90 km was yet to be dug/blasted

Continued from above post: The bridge like structure leads to an under contruction road on another hill. The hill seems to be in he midst of process of fortification as of 2018. Bunker type stuff with trenches seem to be freshly made and are not seen in previous satellite imagery. The peak of...

A new road is being contructed in Laddakh Phobrang to Gogra-Hot Spring Road Length : 75 km approx Important Passes : Marsimik La Pass Phobrang is just 10 km from Lukung / Pangang Tso Lake area. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh had visited Lukung and interacted with troops there...

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1578092 Out of the total length of 297 Km, connectivity has been achieved in256.72 Km in various portions. The present status of Nimmu-Padam-Darcha road is given below: · Connected Portions Km 0 to Km 47.00 Km 77.78 to Km 79.50 Km 89.00 to Km...

A small stretch marked in yellow (from ? to ? )has no road visible on google earth or videos. If that stretch is complete the entire road should be done. So Padum could be directly connectced to Leh. Ofcourse road widening and blacktopping is still not done. Formation cutting seems done.

The same journey is repeated but in reverse from Lingshed to Leh 1:21= Lingshed Helipad Lingshed Helipad = 33°54'18.94"N 76°49'50.73"E Helipad marked 'H'

Continued from above This coveres Yalchung - Lingshed Part 17:12 onwards Monk says it took 5 day trek to reach Lamaryu from Lingshed. From google earth : No road existed at Photoksar on 2011. Road cutting appears in 2012 Yalchung road is prominent 2014 onwards.

Continued from above We will cover this road from a tour vlog and see road condition in 2019 4 ) Padum -Zangla - Nerak -Photoksar - Khalsi - Leh [ Sengge La pass - Sisir La Pass] A biker decided to travel on this road. See map below Leh - Khalsi - Wanla - Sisir La Pass - Photoksar - Sengge La...

I read Vats Rohit twitter thread, and he has written that there are more roads. Read the entire thread Original List 1) Jammu - Srinagar - Kargil [Zoji La pass] 2) Manali - Leh - Kargil [Rohtang Pass - Baralacha Pass - Lunglacha Pass - Taglang Pass] 3 ) Manali - Darcha - Padum - Kargil...

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-china-sr-talks-likely-to-be-held-in-next-3-months/story-4F8RpuP0bHVlfz05OI8egP.html Clearly the alternate Road to DBO is via Shyok river DSDBO Road = Pink Alternate road = Yellow Shyok River = Blue Chip Chap river = Cyan LAC = Red Orange &...