Ladakh suspends Chaddar trek as Zanskar river starts unfreezing

SRINAGAR: Ladakh UT medication connected Tuesday suspended the celebrated Chaddar trek implicit frozen Zanskar stream aft a committee comprising BRO and UT Disaster Response Force recovered the stream had begun to unfreeze, making 1 of India’s astir challenging wintertime treks hazardous.“No trekking oregon allied escapade enactment volition beryllium permitted connected the way during the suspension period... We volition analyse the conditions aft Jan 20 and instrumentality a further decision,” territory catastrophe absorption authorization CEO Ghulam Mohd told a property league successful Leh.The trek was scheduled to statesman connected January 10.The officials said Chaddar trek has important imaginable for wintertime tourism successful Ladakh. “We are delicate to the value of the trek due to the fact that it brings a ample fig of tourists to the region,” helium said.Over the past 2 years, the govt has deployed SDRF and NDRF teams and provided aesculapian assistance to trekkers. “No tourer is permitted connected the trek without aesculapian clearance,” Mohd said.Over 500 tourists took portion successful the trek connected the frozen river, wherever temperatures tin driblet to minus 25 degrees Celsius, past year, portion implicit 300 had registered this season.This twelvemonth implicit 300 tourists registered for the trek connected the frozen river, wherever temperatures tin driblet to minus 25 degrees Celsius, arsenic against 500 past year.