PLACES OF THE DAY

The first batch of Kailash Manasarovar Yatra-2018 was today(11.06.2018 )flagged off in New Delhi by minister of state for External Affairs V K Singh.  There are two routes for Yatra-through Lipulekh pass (Uttarakhand) and through Nathu La pass (Sikkim). We have a desk report.

“Pilgrims will reach Kailash Manasarovar via Lipulekh in eighteen batches of 60 pilgrims each. Ten batches of 50 pilgrims each will reach there via Nathu La. The duration of the Yatra via Lipulekh is 24 days for each batch including three days in Delhi for preparatory work. The route through Nathu La pass is motorable and suitable for senior citizens unable to undertake arduous trekking. Duration of this route is 21 days including three days in Delhi for preparatory work. Anita Anand, News Desk.”

YOU NEED TO KNOW ALL ABOUT MOUNTAIN PASS

A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge. Since many of the world's mountain ranges have presented formidable barriers to travel, passes have played a key role in trade, war, and migration. At lower elevations it may be called a hill pass. The highest vehicle-accessible pass in the world appears to be Mana Pass, located in the Himalayas on the border between India and Tibet, China.
Mountain passes make use of a gap, saddle, or col (also sometimes a notch, the low point in a ridge). A topographic saddle is analogous to the mathematical concept of a saddle surface, with a saddle point marking the highest point between two valleys and the lowest point along a ridge

Passes are often found just above the source of a river, constituting a drainage divide. A pass may be very short, consisting of steep slopes to the top of the pass, or may be a valley many kilometres long, whose highest point might only be identifiable by surveying.
There are thousands of named passes around the world, some of which are well-known, such as the Great St. Bernard Pass at 2,473 metres (8,114 ft) in the Alps, the Chang La at 5,360 metres (17,590 ft), and the Khardung La at 5,359 metres (17,582 ft) in Jammu and Kashmir, India. The roads at Mana Pass at 5,610 metres (18,410 ft) and Marsimik La at 5,582 metres (18,314 ft), on and near the China-India border respectively, appear to be world's two highest motorable passes. Khunjerab Pass between Pakistan and China at 4,693 metres (15,397 ft) is also a high-altitude motorable mountain pass.
Here are some photos of pass :


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