Chinese experts have stated that the much touted railway link connecting Nepal with China through the Himalayan highland is ‘economically and technologically feasible’.
A report carried by China Daily on Friday states that China has accumulated technology and experience to build a rail link between the Tibet autonomous region and the South Asian subcontinent.
According to the newspaper, a Himalayan train ride at more than 100 kilometer per hour at the foot of world’s highest snowcapped mountains is no longer just a dream.
"The construction of a railway crossing the Himalayan Mountains is now economically and technologically feasible," Zong Gang, deputy director of the Science and Technology Department at Beijing University of Technology has been quoted as saying.
Gyirong port, lying at the Nepal-China border stands at an altitude of 2,800 meters above the sea level. The Gyirong mountain pass to Nepal lies at around 1,800 meters making the railway geographically feasible. Lhasha and Xigaze, the two major cities of Tibet lying at an altitude of 3,700 meters and 3,800 meters above the sea level respectively already have railway connectivity.
A report carried by China Daily on Friday states that China has accumulated technology and experience to build a rail link between the Tibet autonomous region and the South Asian subcontinent.
According to the newspaper, a Himalayan train ride at more than 100 kilometer per hour at the foot of world’s highest snowcapped mountains is no longer just a dream.
"The construction of a railway crossing the Himalayan Mountains is now economically and technologically feasible," Zong Gang, deputy director of the Science and Technology Department at Beijing University of Technology has been quoted as saying.
Gyirong port, lying at the Nepal-China border stands at an altitude of 2,800 meters above the sea level. The Gyirong mountain pass to Nepal lies at around 1,800 meters making the railway geographically feasible. Lhasha and Xigaze, the two major cities of Tibet lying at an altitude of 3,700 meters and 3,800 meters above the sea level respectively already have railway connectivity.
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