Construction of 130-km alternative road to DBO outpost in Ladakh reaches final stages | India News

NEW DELHI: The new alternative 130-km road to the nation’s strategically situated Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO) army outpost in japanese Ladakh is now in the final stages of development in the forbidding high-altitude area, with all the stretch possible to be totally operational by Oct-Nov subsequent 12 months.The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has been working exhausting to full this much-needed alternative road to the essential sector – which incorporates Depsang Plains the place Indian and Chinese troops disengaged in Oct final 12 months – from Sasoma in the Nubra Valley by Saser Brangsa to the DBO outpost, as reported by TOI earlier. DBO, which incorporates an advance touchdown floor (ALG) at an altitude of 16,614 toes, overlooks the Karakoram Pass and is only a few km from the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and the China-occupied Aksai Chin area.All connectivity work from Sasoma to Saser Brangsa on the brand new road, together with black-topping, and round 60%-70% of it eastwards in direction of Murgo and Gapshan has been accomplished by BRO, mentioned sources.“Some heavy military equipment, including artillery guns like Bofors, have been moved on the completed stretches to test their load-carrying capacity. The entire 130-km road (Sasoma-Saser La-Saser Brangsa-Gapshan-DBO) should be ready by Oct-Nov 2026,” a supply mentioned.It will improve the capability to transfer troopers, weapons and logistics sooner to the frontier. A seven-km tunnel below Saser La (La means go), which is at an altitude of 17,660 toes, can also be deliberate for all-weather connectivity.The People’s Liberation Army won’t be able to simply observe army actions on the brand new road, not like the prevailing 255-km Darbuk-Shyok-DBO road that runs virtually parallel to the LAC earlier than ending round 20 km quick of the Karakoram Pass. India had stepped-up the development of the brand new 130-km road in the backdrop of the army confrontation with China.