CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Umling La (also known as Umlingla) is the world’s highest motorable road and Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has been awarded the Guinness World Record certificate for constructing the same.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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-4: -Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.

Detailed explanation-5: -Touted as the world’s highest motorable road, this road in Ladakh spans for 52 km and connects some of the key areas in the region. This road in Ladakh has made it to the Guiness Book of World Records by touching the staggering high altitude of 19, 000 feet!