Kinnaur, Spiti in december

Adventure_is_life · Nov 17th, 2005, 06:10

We are planning to go to Spiti (via Recong Peo) for cycling in december.
What will be the road conditions during this period? Is the road open.
Where will we start getting the snow in the route?
Any latest info. abt. the place?

AndreasW · Nov 17th, 2005, 11:58

The road reopend to Spiti yesterday ...

It seems the Malling Block near Nako is also cleared?!!!

Quote:

Khab bridge on NH-22 reopens
Tribune News Service

Khab (Kinnaur), November 16
The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) today reopened the strategically important Khab bridge, established on the confluence of Spiti and Sutlej rivers on the National Highway-22, in the inner line of the Indo-Tibet border. The bridge was washed away in the flash floods on June 26.

With the reopening of the bridge, the road link to Army’s biggest cantonment of the area in Kaurik on the Indo-Tibet border has been restored, besides enabling the flow of normal traffic to Lahaul-Spiti and Manali in the upper areas of Himachal Pradesh and Leh in Jammu and Kashmir through this bridge.

After inaugurating the 200-feet long Bailey bridge, Brig K.P. Singh, Chief Engineer of the BRO (Project Deepak), while addressing a gathering of Army officials/personnel and the civilians said the establishment of this bridge was a thorny task due to the harsh weather conditions and the difficulty in transporting the building material.

He said the building material of this bridge was transported in small quantities through spans (small trolleys) across Sutlej. Had the Kharo bridge been reopened earlier, it would have been easier to transport the building material, he added.

Brig K.S. Kumber, Sector Commander of the Army, appreciated the officers and men of 68 RCC and said they have risen to the occasion and put up the tireless efforts to restore the line of communication in Kinnaur valley.

The Superintending Engineer of the BRO, Commander Naresh Mittal, while talking to The Tribune revealed that in a 165 km stretch of the NH-22 the road was damaged at 122 points. With the inauguration of Khab bridge, we have now restored traffic through the damage points and there is no blockade left as on date, he said.

In reply to a question, he said the total cost incurred on building the damaged bridges and restoring the road links was approximately Rs 20.22 crore. He further said that the BRO would spend another Rs 17 crore for further strengthening and metalling of the national highway.

Nov 17th, 2005, 06:10	#1
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