6/18/2013: REGION: Parts of Spiti valley cut off

After a hiatus of six months, Rohtang pass, the gateway to fascinating Lahaul and Pangi tribal valleys, was opened for tourists. Tourists visiting Manali in the past few months had to return without visiting the snow clad mountains of Rohtang. With ...

The gateway to adventure tourism destinations of Lahaul Valley, was cleared of winter snows April 25 but only the locals and government functionaries were allowed to cross the pass Mumbai The majestic Rohtang Pass, which is still wrapped in a thick ...

The Rohtang Pass (13,050 ft), known as gateway to tribal Lahaul and Pangi valleys of Himachal Pradesh, will be opened for vehicular traffic by the first week of May after nearly four months.

Over 100 villages of snow-bound Lahaul valley have got freedom from snow cage on late Wednesday night after four months as snow cutters from either side of Rohtang met at Km-55 landmark, beyond the Rohtang top.

be a boon for the Lahaul Valley, where over 20,000 people remain cut off from the rest of the country in winter because the Rohtang Pass remains closed due to snow Reuters Udaipur (Himachal Pradesh): A 3.5-km stretch of the 8.8-km-long tunnel below the ...

Blockade of Kunzum Pass (14000 ft) in Lahaul and Spiti district has hit the state's adventure travel industry as the important road link between Lahaul and Spiti valleys has been lost due to heavy snowfall this year, travel industry people based in ...

The gateway of Lahaul Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh, Rohtang Pass experienced another spell of snowfall delaying the road clearing operation on the Manali-Leh highway which could not be thrown open for vehicular traffic so far due to frequent ...

Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh Saturday said more micro and mini hydropower projects would be set up in Spiti Valley to usher an era of prosperity and provide employment opportunities to the youth of the area. "The government will take consent of ...

Desire is the cause of all misery." As we made our way towards the Spiti Valley, we found these famous words of the Buddha inscribed on a boulder. However, the only desire we had then was to take one deep breath, in the rarified air at 4,000 metres.