CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Border Roads Organisation has received the Guinness World Record for constructing & blacktopping the world highest motorable road passing through the 19, 024 feet 0.73 inches (5798.251m) high Umlingla Pass in the Union Territory of Ladakh.

Detailed explanation-2: -The highest motorable road at Umlingla Pass is located at an altitude higher than Siachen Glacier. The Border Roads Organisation has constructed the road at an altitude of 19, 024 feet at Umling La Pass in Ladakh.

Detailed explanation-3: -Director General of Border Roads Lt Gen Rajeev Chaudhry today received the Guinness World Records certificate for the achievement of Border Roads Organisation of constructing and black topping the world’s highest motorable road.

Detailed explanation-4: -A virtual ceremony was organized in which the official adjudicator of the Guinness World Records based in the UK, Rishi Nath, acknowledged the remarkable achievement of BRO for constructing the highest altitude road in the world.

Detailed explanation-5: -What is the record for? BRO received the Guinness World Records certificate for the 52-kilometre long Chisumle to Demchok tarmac road.