Mehreen Dhillon an amateur motorist, from a small village Ghungrna has booked her name in India Book of records for being the “Youngest Female to Drive Across Winter Spiti Circuit in Snow”
Mehreen who was born on August 8, 2006 covered the 1192 km long tough terrain from Kufri to Manali via Rampur, Kaza, Chicham Bridge, Kalpa and Jalori Pass in just seven days from February 17 to February 23. Her entry to the India Book Records was confirmed on March 3.
Accompanied by her father, Dharam Singh, Mehreen drove a Maruti Jimny across the circuit on snow, with substantial spans of the risky black snow awaiting her and her 82-car convoy.
“We could never have imagined that the habit of casually learning to drive on a kutcha road that leads to our farm would instill such confidence in our granddaughter that she would fetch laurels to the village by becoming the youngest female driver to scale the coldest and toughest terrains of the Himalayas,” said Darshan Singh and Harwinder Kaur, Mehreen’s grandparents.