evidence: You can drive up to 23 km from Bhaironghati Forest Check Post to the Nelong Valley Checkpost (3,500 m / 11,485 ft). There was once a village at this check post, Nelong Village, but now only the ruins remain. Further ahead are other villages of the valley and Janak Tal, and to go there, you need permission, which is given in special cases only. The villages were inhabited by the Jadh tribe once. Nelong, Jadhang Village, Sumla, Dumka, Pulam Sumda, and Keelang were some of the villages here before the 1962 Sino-Indian War. [...] Within the valley, there are multiple water streams that eventually join and become Jaad Ganga, which then joins the Bhagirathi River in Bhaironghati. A few of the "Gad" (streams) are Tirpani Gad, Chor Gad, Mana Gad, and Jadhung Gad.8 [...] References - Exploring the Valley of Jadhs https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/69/7/exploring-the-valley-of-the-jadhs/ ↩︎ - The Last Indian Villages On Tibet Border https://www.rediff.com/news/special/the-last-indian-villages-on-tibet-border/20240523.htm ↩︎ - Nilang Valley reopened https://claudearpi.blogspot.com/2015/12/nilang-valley-reopened-to-tourism.html ↩︎ - Exploring the Valley of Jadhs https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/69/7/exploring-the-valley-of-the-jadhs/ ↩︎ - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelang ↩︎ - https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/nelong-valley-opens-for-tourists-first-time-since-1962/article7232872.ece ↩︎ - Snow Leopard sighting in https://www.etvbharat.com/english/state/uttarakhand/snow-leopard-spotted-in-uttarakhand/na20230317145745636636541 ↩︎ - Jadh Ganga Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jadh_Ganga ↩︎