Sela Pass

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated the Sela Tunnel as part of his day-long visit to Arunachal Pradesh. The tunnel, constructed at a cost of₹825 crore, connects Tezpur to Tawang, near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China.

Braving temperatures that were falling below -10 degrees Celsius, personnel from the Border Roads Organisation have rescued nearly 70 tourists and local residents who were stranded at the Sela Pass in Arunachal Pradesh because of incessant snowfall.

Around 70 people, including tourists and locals, have been rescued from Sela Pass following heavy snowfall in the higher reaches of Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh, a defence spokesperson said here on Friday.

Sharing a video on Koo, Kiren Rijiju wrote that heavy snowfall has been reported between Baishakhi, Sela Pass and Nuranang, and cautioned tourists that the road was extremely dangerous to drive on.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday virtually conducted the final breakthrough blast of the Sela Tunnel in Arunachal. The 12 km long tunnel is expected to enhance military capabilities in combating the threat of China's Western Theatre Command

An all-women mountaineering team recently scaled the 5,150-metre-high Sela pass in the Darma valley of Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh district.

Some 680 people including locals and tourists who got stranded in unexpected heavy snowfall near Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh have been rescued by army teams in an operation that lasted through Monday night. The people were travelling in 320 vehicles when day-long snowfall pounded them near the high-altitude Sela Pass where temperatures drop to ice ...

To ensure faster movement of troops in Tawang, a strategically located town in Arunachal Pradesh bordering China, the government plans to build a tunnel at an elevation of 13,700 feet. The tunnel will go through the Sela Pass, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced today while presenting the Union Budget.

The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) will construct two tunnels through 4170-metre-high Sela Pass in Arunachal Pradesh, which would cut down the distance to China border through Tawang by 10 km.

A Bulgarian woman died while 127 other tourists, including five foreigners, were rescued by the army after they were stuck in a raging blizzard at the historic Sela Pass near Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh.

Around three thousand security personnel are conducting ground searches at the inhospitable altitudes of Sela Pass to trace the missing chopper carrying Arunachal Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu and four others, as inclement weather coupled with overnight rains led authorities to cancel aerial operations.Government Spokesperson Jarbom Gamlin said the ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated the Sela Tunnel as part of his day-long visit to Arunachal Pradesh. The tunnel, constructed at a cost of₹825 crore, connects Tezpur to Tawang, near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China.

Braving temperatures that were falling below -10 degrees Celsius, personnel from the Border Roads Organisation have rescued nearly 70 tourists and local residents who were stranded at the Sela Pass in Arunachal Pradesh because of incessant snowfall.

Around 70 people, including tourists and locals, have been rescued from Sela Pass following heavy snowfall in the higher reaches of Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh, a defence spokesperson said here on Friday.

Sharing a video on Koo, Kiren Rijiju wrote that heavy snowfall has been reported between Baishakhi, Sela Pass and Nuranang, and cautioned tourists that the road was extremely dangerous to drive on.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday virtually conducted the final breakthrough blast of the Sela Tunnel in Arunachal. The 12 km long tunnel is expected to enhance military capabilities in combating the threat of China's Western Theatre Command

An all-women mountaineering team recently scaled the 5,150-metre-high Sela pass in the Darma valley of Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh district.

Some 680 people including locals and tourists who got stranded in unexpected heavy snowfall near Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh have been rescued by army teams in an operation that lasted through Monday night. The people were travelling in 320 vehicles when day-long snowfall pounded them near the high-altitude Sela Pass where temperatures drop to ice ...

To ensure faster movement of troops in Tawang, a strategically located town in Arunachal Pradesh bordering China, the government plans to build a tunnel at an elevation of 13,700 feet. The tunnel will go through the Sela Pass, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced today while presenting the Union Budget.

The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) will construct two tunnels through 4170-metre-high Sela Pass in Arunachal Pradesh, which would cut down the distance to China border through Tawang by 10 km.

A Bulgarian woman died while 127 other tourists, including five foreigners, were rescued by the army after they were stuck in a raging blizzard at the historic Sela Pass near Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh.

Around three thousand security personnel are conducting ground searches at the inhospitable altitudes of Sela Pass to trace the missing chopper carrying Arunachal Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu and four others, as inclement weather coupled with overnight rains led authorities to cancel aerial operations.Government Spokesperson Jarbom Gamlin said the ...