Umling La Pass

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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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