Kunzum Pass opens for vehicular movement after 9 months

Kunzum Pass has been finally thrown open after remaining closed for nine months. This high-altitude pass at 15060 ft pass on the Samdoh-Kaza-Gramfu Highway was repaired and recently opened for vehicular movement. Owing to the closure of this pass, locals of this area were not able to visit Kullu-Manali.

The pass had remained closed since September 23 following heavy rainfall. During this time, a lot of tourists got stuck at Battal, Chhatru, and Chandratal Lake, who had to be airlifted later.
Therefore, the opening of this pass comes as good news for the locals of Spiti Valley. For quite a long time, they had remained cut-off from Lahaul and Manali and were waiting for the roads to get restored.
Referring to this development, officials associated with the tourism industry in Spiti said that because of the delay in opening the said pass, the tourist season has been badly hit this year. The tourists had no option to visit Spiti the other way, rather than taking the Kinnaur route. But now, with the opening of this route, visitors will now be able to visit Spiti from Manali and Lahaul directly.
Locals from this area are expecting more and more tourists in the coming days, as the now popular tourist destinations like Battal, Chandertal Lake, and Chhatru will be connected by a road facility. This factor will definitely boost tourism in this region.

Kaza SDM also mentioned that the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) had now engaged its workforce and machinery to widen the road for the movement of buses.