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Quoting Press Trust of India (PTI):
Leh is in the Northeast corner of the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India. It is actually located on the westernmost end of the Tibetan plateau. See map here. It's altitude is around 12,000' and it is in the Indus Valley between the Zanskar and the Ladakh Ranges, which are both trans-Himalayan ranges with several very high passes through them including the Khardung La at 18'000' just north of Leh on the road from Leh to Karakoram Pass on the India - China border.Survey work for construction of rail link to Leh Begins
Thursday, July 30, 2009 at 2:08pm
New Delhi, July 30 (PTI) The remote Ladakh region is all set to be connected with the railway network with the government today saying the survey work for the project has begun following its sanction.
"Survey for construction of rail line between Bilaspur (Himachal Pradesh) to Leh (Ladakh) has been sanctioned and the survey work has been taken up," Minister of State for Railways K H Muniyappa said in the Lok Sabha in a written reply.
He said broad gauge line will be laid connecting Bilaspur to Leh.
This would be the second ambitious project in Jammu and Kashmir connecting the state with the rest of the country. The other being the Kashmir rail link project.
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