Nimmu-Padam-Darcha road to Ladakh

March 29, 2024

The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has connected the strategic Nimmu-Padam-Darcha road in Ladakh.
This 298-km road will connect Manali to Leh through Darcha and Nimmu on Kargil – Leh Highway.
The road is now the third axis apart from Manali-Leh and Srinagar-Leh which connects Ladakh to the hinterland.
The Nimmu-Padam-Darcha road derives its strategic importance from the fact that it is not only shorter vis-a-vis the other two axes, but crosses only one pass; Shinkun La (16,558 feet) on which tunnel work is about to commence by the BRO.
This will result in the road having all weather connectivity to the Ladakh region.
The connectivity will strengthen the defence preparedness and provide a boost to the economic development in the Zanskar valley.