SHIMLA: The 17th Raid-de-Himalaya 2015 rally would be held from October 10 to October 17.

A joint venture of Himalayan Motor Sports Association and Department of Youth Services and Sports, Himachal Pradesh , Raid-de-Himalaya 2015 will be flagged off on October 10 from Peterhof, Shimla and the rally would culminate at Srinagar on October 17.

With a view to highlighting some lesser known places, new routes have been included in the rally this year to promote tourism.

The rally would start from Shimla in the wee hours of October 11 and reach Manali via Kufri, Theog, Matiana, Dalog, Chamole, Luhri, Behna, Shuad, Khanag, Banjar, Aut and Kullu bye and halt at Manali.

On October 12, rally would traverse from Manali to Chamba via Kullu, Bajaura, Baghi, Parashar lake, Katindi, Dynapark, Jatingri, Palampur, Shahpur, Lahdhu, Chuwari, Khajjiar and Dalhousie and halt at Chamba.

The rally would proceed from Chamba to Srinagar on October 13 passing through Salooni, Sanghni and Priungal in Himachal and halt at Srinagar, an official release said here said.