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Jammu,January 19-The Government of India has taken up the issue of reopening of Ladakh-Tibet border for trade and tourism with China since 1997 and so far there has been no progress.
This information was given by the Minister for Tourism,Dilawar Mir,while replying to a question on the matter in the Legislative Council(upper House) in Jammu on Friday.
The minister told the members of the council that the state Government had sent series of communications to the Government of India since 1997 and the successive Prime Ministers had discussed the issue with their Chinese counterparts. He said that former Indian Prime Minister,Atal Bihari Vajpayee,had raised the matter during his visit to China in June 2003.
The Council members were informed that the Chinese Government had conveyed to India that "they would consider the request according to the conditions in Tibet."
P.Namgyal of the congress had tabled the question in the Council and favoured that the border route between Ladakh and China at Demchok post be reopened for promoting trade,tourism and pilgrimage.The state government informed Namgyal and other members that the state Government had,in its communications to the Government of India,conveyed to Delhi that a large number of Indian pilgrims had to face ordeals while on pilgrimage to Kailash Mansarovar and the pilgrimage via Ladakh could be less strenuous.
The Council members were informed that the State Government had conveyed to Delhi that the distance from Leh(in Ladakh) to Kailash Mansarovar(China) was 613 kms and the entire route was motorable.It would take only two days to reach the holy place by bus against 20 days journey on horse and on foot from the existing route.
Dilawar Mir assured the members that the state government'will continue to mount pressure on Delhi for securing Chinese consent on the reopening of Ladakh-Tibet border." PDP member,Nizam-ud-Din Bhat said that the opening of Ladakh-Tibet border route could become a "reality only through the peace process having been initiated by Delhi and Beijing.
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