Darcha, Shinku La and Padum
Emergency card
Hospitals on the way
1145 km with no hospital on the map, Darcha to Padum.
Police on the way
2Satellite phones and messengers
Thuraya and Iridium satellite phones are not allowed in India; a Garmin inReach uses Iridium. They can be seized and the owner fined. Embassy of India notice
Where this came from
- 112: 112.gov.in, the government’s emergency response service.
- Hospitals and police: OpenStreetMap contributors, read 7 October 2026, at most two in each 10 km of road. Nobody has checked them.
- Satellite phones: the Embassy of India’s notice, which carries no date. The telecom department’s own page could not be opened.
Saved with the route, so it opens with no network.