India, Oct. 26 -- Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has announced a 100 Miles Himalayan Endurance Ultra Run for the first week of May next year, with the proposed route starting at Mana Pass and passing through Badrinath and Joshimath before finishing at Auli. The announcement was made during his participation in the Adi Kailash Parikrama Run 2.0 in Gunji, a border area of Pithoragarh district, on Sunday.

The proposed event is intended to attract runners from India and abroad to the state's high-altitude Himalayan terrain and expand adventure tourism in border regions. Mana Pass is located at an altitude of approximately 5,600 metres.

Dhami felicitated the winners of the 70-km and 42-km categories at the Adi Kailash event a...