In the first phase, sources said, tourists will be allowed across the 18,314-feet-high Marsimik La (pass) up to Tsogtsalo, a pastureland near the confluence of Rimdi Chu and Chang Chenmo rivers some 160 km east of Leh, close to the LAC with China running north of Pangong. In the second phase, tourists will be allowed to travel up to Hot Springs, further up from Tsogtsalu, and the memorial built in honour of 10 CRPF jawans killed on October 21, 1959.
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Author: SANJAY DUTTA AND RAJAT PANDIT
