The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has constructed the world’s highest motorable road, passing over Mig La, a 19,400-foot-high pass located in eastern Ladakh close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC). This surpasses its earlier two records at Umling La and Kardung La, both also in Ladakh.
“Border Roads Organisation #BRO has once again created history as Project Himank constructed the world’s highest motorable road at Mig La Pass (19,400 ft) in #Ladakh surpassing its own Guinness World Record set at Umling La (19,024 ft),” the BRO said on its official X handle on Saturday.
“The newly built Likaru-Mig La-Fukche road holds immense strategic significance as the third vital axis from Hanle to Fukche, while also boosting tourism in #Ladakh and upliftment of India’s First Villages,” the post a