Leh, Oct 2: The Border Roads Organisation’s ‘Project Himank’ has once again created history by surpassing its own Guinness World Record for the highest motorable road.

The team successfully reached Mig La Pass at an altitude of 19,400 feet on Likaru-Mig La-Fukche road alignment in Leh district, overtaking the previous record set at Umling La (19,024 feet), the BRO said in a statement here.

The milestone, it said, was achieved on Wednesday when the BRO team led by Chief Engineer of Project Himank Brig Vishal Srivastava reached Mig La Pass, proudly hoisting the National and BRO flags at this unparalleled height.

The connectivity from Likaru to Mig La pass and further to Fukche village is of immense strategic and infrastructural significance, serving as the third vital axis from the Hanle

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