Gartang Gali – World’s Deadliest Skywalk

&NewLine;<p><strong>Gartang Gali<&sol;strong>&comma; Located near the Indo-China border at an altitude of 11 thousand feet above sea level&period; In the 17th century&comma; the Pathans of Peshawar built the world&&num;8217&semi;s most dangerous Skywalk by cutting the steep hills of the Himalayas in <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;wildhawk&period;in&sol;nelong-valley-unexplored-hidden-gem-of-uttarakhand&sol;">the Nelang Valley<&sol;a> of Uttarkashi district at an altitude of 11 thousand feet above sea level&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>This 150-meter-long wooden stepper street has been a witness to the Indo-Tibet trade&period; Situated in the Jad Ganga Valley of Uttarkashi district&comma; this route is one of the most dangerous routes in the world&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Before 1962&comma; Indo-Tibet merchants used to come by this route&comma; carrying goods on yaks&comma; horse-mules and sheep-goats&period; During the Indo-China war in 1962&comma; <strong>Gartang Gali<&sol;strong> played an important role in taking the army to the international border&period; However&comma; due to lack of maintenance the existence of Gartang Gali is in danger&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Sumla&comma; Mandi&comma; Neela Pani&comma; Tripani&comma; PDA and Jadugang are the last Indian posts on India-China border&period; In the 17th century&comma; a Businessman of the Jad community&comma; with the help of the Pathans of Peshawar&comma; built a smooth route from Ghatang Gali on the demand of the traders&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;wildhawk&period;in&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;05&sol;gartang-gali-uttarkashi1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"gartang gali" class&equals;"wp-image-2894"&sol;><figcaption>Gartang Gali<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Being strategically sensitive&comma; this area has been declared as Inner Line Area&period; In 2015&comma; with the efforts of the District Hotel Association and other institutions&comma; the government opened it for tourists&period; However&comma; the situation remains the same&period; No one knows when the historical steps of this gali will break and fell down&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Before the India-China war of 1962&comma; traders used to reach Badahat with wool&comma; leather garments and salt by this route&period; After the war&comma; movement on this route stopped&comma; but the movement of the army continued&period; Nearly ten years later in 1975&comma; the army has also stopped using this route&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;wildhawk&period;in&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;05&sol;n3-1024x640&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"nelong valley" class&equals;"wp-image-2895"&sol;><figcaption>Nelong Valley<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>Permission to go to Nelang Valley<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In view of the situation created after the Indo-China war in 1962&comma; the Government of India had banned the movement of tourists in the Inner Line area of &ZeroWidthSpace;&ZeroWidthSpace;Uttarkashi&period; Since then&comma; the Nelang Valley and Jadung village were evacuated and paramilitary forces were stationed there&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Native villagers are allowed to worship their deities once a year after completing certain formalities&period; In 2015&comma; The Home Ministry of India gave permission to the common people of India to reach Nelang Valley&comma; although the ban on foreigners remains intact&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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