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Sach Pass and Pangi valley

Sources for this route

27 sources
  • Distances, the line of the road and fuel pumps: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence. Routes worked out with the Open Source Routing Machine.
  • Heights: NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, public domain, served by Open Topo Data.
  • Sach Pass Travel Guide 2026

    discoverwithdheeraj.com · Published guide · dated July 2026

  • Sache Jot reopens after 7-month freeze

    tribuneindia.com · News report · dated 28 May 2025

  • Sach Pass closed for winter

    tribuneindia.com · News report · dated 3 December 2024

  • After seven-month freeze, Pangi valley's lifeline Sach Pass opens to traffic

    tribuneindia.com · News report · dated 11 May 2026

  • Sach Pass reopens to traffic after 7 months

    tribuneindia.com · News report · dated 9 June 2024

  • Lifeline restored: HRTC resumes direct Chamba-Killar bus service

    tribuneindia.com · News report · dated 2 July 2026

  • Killar to Kishtwar Road 2026

    discoverwithdheeraj.com · Published guide · dated 25 August 2026

  • Himachal toll tax rates revised: Here's what you need to know

    tribuneindia.com · News report · dated 2 April 2026

  • Himachal Pradesh revises toll tax rates. Here's how much vehicle entry fee you'll have to pay from April 1

    businesstoday.in · News report · dated 20 February 2026

  • Himachal Govt signals rethink on entry tax

    tribuneindia.com · News report · dated 26 March 2026

  • White October: Pangi wakes up to snow, Chamba shivers under rain

    tribuneindia.com · News report · dated 7 October 2025

  • Wait over, bus service resumed on Killar-Chamba route

    tribuneindia.com · News report · dated 21 July 2024

  • Chamba: Saach Pass reopens for light vehicles

    tribuneindia.com · News report · dated 28 April 2022

  • Sach-pass restored for the movement of light vehicles: DC

    himachalheadlines.com · News report · dated 28 April 2022

  • Himachal Pradesh Public Works Department

    hppwd.in · Official page

  • BRO restores road to Pangi valley for light vehicles

    tribuneindia.com · News report · dated 28 February 2024

  • IndianOil locator: N D Filling Station, Tikri Khas

    locator.iocl.com · Official page

  • IndianOil locator: Bhalei Filling Station, Bhalei

    locator.iocl.com · Official page

  • HP locator: SR Filling Station, Koti

    petrolpump.hpretail.in · Official page

  • HP locator: Bhagwati Filling Station, Bhatyund

    petrolpump.hpretail.in · Official page

  • IndianOil locator: Churah Kisan Seva Kendra, Ail

    locator.iocl.com · Official page

  • HP locator: Batt Filling Station, Kutehr

    petrolpump.hpretail.in · Official page

  • IndianOil locator: Sen Filling Station, Badhat

    locator.iocl.com · Official page

  • HP locator: Shaheed Ishtiyaq Filling Station, Sangrambhata

    petrolpump.hpretail.in · Official page

  • HP locator: Hill View Service Station, Kishtwar

    petrolpump.hpretail.in · Official page

What we could not find

9 gaps

A gap is not a fact. It means we looked and found no source.

  • No highway number found for the Chamba to Tissa to Killar road or for the Killar to Kishtwar road.
  • Closing dates for 2022, 2023 and 2025 were not found. Newspapers give 15 October as the official yearly closing date, but the 2024 order came on 3 December.
  • The 2026 opening date is unclear: two reports from the same newspaper give late April and the second week of May.
  • No report says when motorcycles, as distinct from light motor vehicles, are allowed over the pass.
  • The identity check and undertaking at Satrundi are reported by a rider blog only.
  • Himachal entry toll: the two-wheeler exemption rests on a newspaper report of the Chief Minister's statement (26 March 2026). The official Toll Policy 2026-27 document on hptax.gov.in failed to open (certificate error), so it is not confirmed for motorcycles registered in other states.
  • Jammu and Kashmir side (Killar to Gulabgarh to Kishtwar): rules, check posts and road status come from one rider blog; no official page or order was found, and no office that announces status was identified.
  • Videos: titles and channels were read from the video pages; filming dates are not confirmed.
  • Not on the line: Bairagarh, between Tissa and Sach Pass: no position found on the open map
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