Chandigarh/ New Delhi, May 11

With the strategic Zoji La on the Srinagar-Leh national highway opening up for traffic amid the lockdown, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has been assigned the vital responsibility to escort goods trucks and fuel tankers carrying essential supplies to people located in far-flung areas of Ladakh.

The ITBP has said it had facilitated a safe passage to over 900 trucks carrying essential supplies from the icy heights of Zoji La to the frozen slopes of Kargil in the past 21 days.

Trucks carrying food and other items are reaching Kargil covering a distance of 100 km in about eight hours under security cover provided by the ITBP. — TNS