The authorities on Wednesday threw open the Leh-Manali Road for traffic movement after remained suspended for over six months due to heavy snow accumulation. “The Leh-Manali road serves as a life line for the people of Ladakh. It is an important axis and a major responsibility of the Border Roads to clear the snow and throw it open for the public,” said Border Road Organization (BRO) Chief Engineer Brig Nitin K Sharma, in a statement. He said that the BRO personnel worked with strenuous efforts to re-open the road. “Despite Sub-zero temperature, high altitude and threat of avalanches our jawans faced unprecedented hardships in the snow clearance operation to ensure the early re-opening of the strategic road,” he said. He said that the weather had played spoilsport in the snow clearance operation.
