Price rise at an all-time high, reaches 13,700ft
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17/04/2008
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Times Of India (New Delhi)
Sela Pass (Tawang): Rashmi Rijiju, 37, runs a restaurant at Sela Pass, a strategically important peak at 13,700 feet in Tawang, bordering China in western Arunachal Pradesh. She moved there almost the same time seven years ago when the Army set up an outpost and positioned its troops, she recalls. Soldiers are moved out every two-three months from the snow-capped peak to save them from any permanent weather-related injuries as the oxygen level is dismally low, but Rashmi's 8x10 restaurant