Rohtang Pass
56 years after IAF plane crash, mortal remains of 4 more victims recovered
More than 56 years after an ill-fated AN-12 aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed over the Rohtang Pass in Himachal Pradesh, the mortal remains of four more victims were recovered, marking a significant success in one of India's longest-running search operations. Army officials said the mortal remains were found by a joint team comprising personnel from the Dogra Scouts of the Indian Army and Tiranga Mountain Rescue. The twin-engine turboprop transport aircraft, carrying 102 people, had gone missing on February 7, 1968 while flying from Chandigarh to Leh. "In an extraordinary development, the ongoing search and rescue mission to recover the remains of personnel from the AN-12 aircraft, which crashed on Rohtang Pass in 1968, has achieved significant breakthroughs," said an official. For decades, the wreckage and remains of the victims remained lost in the icy terrain. It was only in 2003 when mountaineers from the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering discovered the .
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Restrictions on number of vehicles on Manali-Rohtang pass to continue
Restrictions on the number of vehicles from Manali to Rohtang pass in Himachal Pradesh will continue, as the National Green Tribunal has refused to modify its 2015 order limiting them to 1,000 per day. The apex environment watchdog said the adverse impact of vehicular pollution on glacier, climate change and environment does not allow any let up. "Data of air quality merely because of restricted number of vehicles situation is better cannot be ground to presume that increased number of vehicles will be sustainable. The opening of Atal Tunnel or availability of parking space does not change the situation which led to passing of earlier orders by this Tribunal. "Opinion of some expert relied upon can not be treated as conclusive to revisit the orders passed on consideration of entirety of material based on reports of experts and on due consideration, after contest between the parties," a bench headed by NGT Chairperson justice AK Goel said. The NGT's order came on a plea seeking ...
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Link to good times: Atal Tunnel spawns tourist rush to Lahaul and Spiti
Every day, about 4,000 vehicles now drive through the tunnel that bypass Rohtang La
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Rohtang pass to be opened later this month
Rohtang pass, situated at 13,050 feet, is expected to be opened early due to less snowfall this year
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