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Fresh snowfall on the passes of Ladakh, and the roads become a passage nightmare, even as they look like a surreal experience and a calm beauty. Grasses and sedges get covered in snow. Prayer flags get submerged in white. The Shyok river looks like a vision in blue against a backdrop of brown... with alluvial fans aplenty. Indian Army Stallion trucks from the Jabalpur plant of Ashok Leyland trundle down from the pass, with snow chains attached to their rear tyres, to prevent slippage and provide traction. As one drives up to the world's highest motorable pass of Khardung La at about 17, 500 feet above sea level, the cold, icy conditions, difficult driving conditions in the pre-winter season and more, all weigh on one's mind. Add to that a traffic jam of hundreds of vehicles that are stuck,
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