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Changing short description from "Lapthal height 14550 feet. and very beautiful place open area srounded in very large himalayas ITBP is located last 52 year at this loc lapthal fossil stone found in these location in summer time many grazers come in these area for 2 month and go" to "Border outpost in Uttarakahand, India" (Shortdesc helper)

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{{Short description|Border outpost in Uttarakahand, India}}'''Lapthal''' is located in the [[Pithoragarh district]] and [[Chamoli district]] of Uttarakahand, India.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Upadhyay|first=Kavita|date=2014-01-06|title=Region near Indo-Tibetan border to be declared Fossil National Park|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/region-near-indotibetan-border-to-be-declared-fossil-national-park/article5542264.ece|access-date=2020-10-11|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== ITBP border out posts ==
Lapthal and Rimkhim [[Border outpost|border out posts]] of the [[Indo-Tibetan Border Police]] are located in the area.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Srivastava|first=Neelabh|date=2017-09-30|title=People living on China border our strategic assets, shouldn't migrate: Rajnath Singh|url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/aMR0A8b5zL641m5luSkOHP/People-living-on-China-border-our-strategic-assets-shouldn.html|access-date=2020-10-11|website=mint|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=30 September 2017|title=Rajnath Singh visits ITBP at Lapthal and Rimkhim BOPs|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/rajnath-singh-visits-itbp-at-lapthal-and-rimkhim-bops/1157922|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-11|website=Outlook India}}</ref> It took the [[Border Roads Organisation]] 24 years to connect Rimkhim to the nearest habitat of [[Malari]], 41 kilometers away.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kumar|first=Yogesh|date=11 November 2016|title=After 24 years of work, strategic military outpost near India-China border connected with motorable road|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/After-24-yrs-of-work-strategic-military-outpost-near-India-China-border-connected-with-motorable-road/articleshow/55358605.cms|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-11|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

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