Ladakh: The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has made a pathbreaking breakthrough in opening the Nimu- Padam-Darcha (NPD) Road. This 298 Km road connects Manali to Leh through Darcha and Nimmu on the Kargil –Leh Highway. In this livestream replug our travel along the NPD Road and highlight its significance. We document India's infrastructural push in Eastern Ladakh to deal with Beijing's aggression in the border dispute along the China-occupied Tibet border or the LAC. Alternate axes are significant in also dealing with the Pakistani second front in Siachen and from POJK. The route provides critical connectivity for defence logistics to and for civilian development around the Northern China-occupied Tibet border or Line of Actual Control (LAC), the Line of Control (LoC), and the Actual Ground Position Line (AGPL) in Siachen with Pakistan. It is shielded from both the India-China border and the frontier with Pakistan, unlike the other two axes. A StratNews Global team of Amitabh P. Revi, Rohit Pandita, and Karan Marwaha travels along the road, during the fourth winter of India's forward deployment post Xi Jinping's aggression that led to the deadly Galwan clashes in 2020 In 'The Himalayan Frontier, Part III, we travel from Manali, through the Atal Tunnel under the Rohtang Pass and drive on the Nimu-Padam- Darcha (NPD) road to Leh. In the next episode, we complete our journey to Leh on the strategic third, alternate axis to Leh. In the third episode, we speak exclusively to Lt Gen Raghu Srinivasan, the Director General, BRO at Chiling on the frozen Zanskar River. This is the exact point that the NPD connectivity has been made. Editor's Note: This series first aired in January and February 2024. #Ladakh #ChinaPakistanThreat #BorderRoads #LAC #IndiaChinaBorder #NPDRoad #BorderRoadsOrganisation #PLA #GalwanClashes #ChadarTrek #Leh #TwoFrontThreat #podcast #podcast-youtube #indianpodcast #indianpodcasts #defence #defencenews #travel #travelvlog #traveling #traveling #travelling #travelphotography #travelblogger #indiachina #lac #indiapakistan #border #indiachinaborder #indiachinastandoff #indiachinapakistan #leh #zanskar #ladakhtrip #indianarmy #indianairforce #stratnewsglobal #xijinping #modi #borderlands #mountains #mountain #mountainview #himalayas #himalayan #himalaya #generalknowledge #information #informative #informativechannel #education #educational #educationalvideo #educationalnews #educationalcontent #upsc #upscmotivation #indiachinaborderlatestnews #groundreport #exclusive #exclusiveinterview #exclusivenews #pla #roadtrip #road #npd #axis #river #cpl #jcb #chadartrek #budget #fundamentalanalysis