Umling La Pass

GS PAPER III: Security challenges and their management in border areas - linkages of organized crime with terrorism.

Context: The first ever Solo Woman Motorcycle Expedition by Ms Kanchan Ugursandi to Umling La Pass, Ladakh and back was also flagged off.

Umling La Pass

• It is one of the highest motorable roads in the world.
• Located in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir.
• Stretching to a distance of almost 86km, connects Chisumle and Demchok villages. Both these villages lie in close proximity to the Indo-China border in the eastern sector.

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