TECHNO INDIA GROUP PUBLIC

SCHOOL

NAME-SIDDHAANT SRIVASTAV
CLASS:- X SECTION:-A
ROLL NO.-38
MAGNETIC HILLS OF LADAKH
 WHAT IS MAGNETIC HILL IN
LADAKH
 THE MYTH
• Ever high Superstitious Theory: f you however would speak to the locals about it,
villagers in particular, they would tell you a different version of the story. As per
them, here once lied a pathway that led straight to heaven. People who were
deserving of it would automatically get pulled up; however the undeserving ones
could never make it up the path; no matter how hard they tried. For them, this
entire concept and area is supernatural.
• As it usually happens with all places that have this kind of phenomenon attached
to, some people believe it and some just waive it as merely a story. Some people
blame the drivers for duping them stating that the vehicle was still in motion
when he killed the engine. So it was quite obvious that it will continue to move.
Some other people did not realize where this exact part of the road was hence
they stopped elsewhere. And when their vehicles remained still, they believed the
story of Magnetic Hill to be a fake one.
 SOME OTHER THEORIES BEHIND WONDER OF
LADAKH
• There are two theories that can explain the reason behind this uphill
movement. The most common one is that the hill has a strong
magnetic force which is why it pulls vehicles in the vicinity. In fact, so
strong is this magnetic force that planes of the Indian Air Force avoid
this route so that they don’t face magnetic interference on their
devices.
• Another equally popular theory is that of an optical illusion.
According to this, the hill does not really have a magnetic force but it
just creates an optical illusion of sorts so that the road, which actually
goes downhill, seems as if it goes uphill. Therefore, when you see the
vehicle going upslope, it is actually the opposite and does not defy the
laws of nature.