Srinagar - Leh Road (2019): OPEN Manali - Leh Road (2019): CLOSED (Officially) CLICK HERE to know the Manali-Leh road status for 2021 CLICK HERE to know the Manali-Leh road status for 2020 Excerpt: October 15, 2019: The Manali-Leh highway is offically closed. Police posts from Sarchu and Darcha have been removed. As layer of ice has started to deposit on road surface and high passes are receiving snow, driving on this road is very risky. The administration and police declare the road officially closed from October 15 every year. June 9, 2019: Manali-Leh highway opens for vehicular traffic. BRO on Sunday said the highway is open for vehicles from June 10. Please note that the condition of the road is bad at some places. Snowfall, ice slide and some others factors are causing minor blockades. June 2, 2019: Manali-Leh highway is expected to open by June 7. June 1, 2019: Rohtang pass opens for tourists. May 31, 2019: Tourists can go till Lahaul valley beyond Rohtang pass after obtaining manual permit from Manali SDM office. May 18, 2019: Manali-Rohtang pass highway resumed but tourists will not be allowed until parking and other arrangements are made. April 28, 2019: Srinagar-Leh highway has been opened for vehicular traffic as BRO clears snow from Zojila pass. Tourist vehicles are expected to be allowed to ply in a week. April 10, 2019: Kullu district magistrate issued notification regarding timing system for all vehicles going/coming to/from Rohtang pass or beyond. Tourist vehicles going from Manali towards Leh-Ladakh will have to cross Gulaba barrier below Rohtang from 5:30am to 7:30am. No vehicle (going beyond Rohtang pass) will be allowed after 7:30am. March 25, 2019: Snow clearance operations on Manali-Leh highway started officially after organizing a puja at Gulaba for safety of jawans and machines. BRO officials
Srinagar – Leh Road (2019): OPEN Manali – Leh Road (2019): CLOSED (Officially) CLICK HERE to know the Manali-Leh road status for 2021 CLICK HERE to know the Manali-Leh road status for 2020 Excerpt: October 15, 2019: The Manali-Leh highway is offically closed. Police posts from Sarchu and Darcha have been removed. As layer of ice
Discover Leh Ladakh has achieved another feat by becoming first to reach Zanskar valley of Ladakh using the newly built Manali Shinkula Zanskar road that has decreased the distance between Manali and Zanskar by over 630 KM. The road between Darcha in Lahaul valley of Himachal and Padum in Zanskar is being built above 16,600ft high Shinkula (Shingo-la) pass for nearly 10 years now. Although the road is not safe for general traffic movement and is still under construction, team Discover Leh Ladakh successfully reached Padum, headquarters of Zanskar, in their SUV in just one day. Otherwise, Manali to Zanskar is a four-day-long drive and it is two days drive from Leh. Zanskar is a Buddhist dominated valley in Kargil district of Ladakh. The beautiful valley which is home to a large number of huge glaciers, rivers, towering peaks and vast plateaus, is divided from Suru valley (Kargil) via Pensi-la pass. Kargil to Padum (Zanskar) is about 9 to 10 hours hectic but beautiful journey. Drang-Drung glacier and Nun Kun glaciers that almost touch the road are main attractions of this road trip. Zanskar is home to about 15,000 residents. As their culture, trade relations and religion is similar to residents of Lahaul-Spiti district of Himachal, they always wanted to get connected with Himachal. Despite old Kargil-Zanskar road, the residents used to come to Manali and Lahaul after covering large distance on foot via Shinkula pass. The residents of Zanskar valley celebrated coming close to Himachal by over 630km as they welcomed the first vehicle in the valley that arrived via new road after crossing the Shinkula pass on September 3, 2019. Watching a vehicle coming into the valley from Shinkula pass, the three from Discover Leh Ladakh were given warm welcome by happy residents in many villages. The Border Roads Organization (BRO) officials,
Discover Leh Ladakh has achieved another feat by becoming first to reach Zanskar valley of Ladakh using the newly built Manali Shinkula Zanskar road that has decreased the distance between Manali and Zanskar by over 630 KM. The road between Darcha in Lahaul valley of Himachal and Padum in Zanskar is being built above 16,600ft
If you are planning to go to Leh Ladakh from Manali in 2019, make sure you cross Rohtang pass before noon as Kullu administration has decided to set up a one-directional traffic system on Manali-Rohtang highway from May onwards. This post is to help tourists with the Rohtang pass timing system. In an effort to combat one of the worst traffic jams on the hill roads of the world, Kullu administration will start a timing system for better traffic management. Manali-Rohtang road is expected to open in May while Manali-Leh road may take little more time to open. Once Marhi and Rohtang pass are open to tourist vehicles, timing system and one-way traffic shall come into force. Huge crowd chokes the whole highway especially in May and June, the peak tourist season. Officials said they are planning to allow vehicles going beyond Rohtang pass (Ladakh, Lahaul-Spiti, and Pangi) in the early hours and then they will send Rohtang pass bound vehicles. The cops have been asked to enforce the Rohtang pass timing system strictly. Kullu deputy commissioner Yunus, while holding a meeting with officials of all the departments, associations and stakeholders prior to the start of peak tourist season, said vehicles going to Rohtang, Lahaul-Spiti, Pangi and Ladakh would be allowed to go till noon after which entry from Manali side would be restricted completely. “Once all vehicles reach Rohtang (or cross Rohtang), the vehicles coming from the opposite side would be allowed to come towards Manali. This will probably end all traffic bottlenecks and traffic will move smoothly. The restriction would not be applied in emergency vehicles like ambulance,” he said. Highway connecting Manali town will also be made one-way during the summer season. The DC said vehicles entering Manali town will have to take another route for exit.
If you are planning to go to Leh Ladakh from Manali in 2019, make sure you cross Rohtang pass before noon as Kullu administration has decided to set up a one-directional traffic system on Manali-Rohtang highway from May onwards. This post is to help tourists with the Rohtang pass timing system. In an effort to
