Nepal-China Rail link soon a reality

[SinoChallenger]

India’s much feared Nepal-China Rail link soon a reality

India’s much feared China’s Beijing-Lhasa Rail will soon appear at the Nepal border, much earlier than expected. Thanks China.

This will certainly lessen Nepal’s historical India dependency and perhaps will also signal an end of India’s unnecessary meddling in Nepal’s political affairs that began with India’s independence in 1947. The Nepali population may not have to fear India imposed repeated economic blockades then. Nepali political leaders will also be free to make their own decisions.

To recall, the sixteen month long economic blockade imposed by India beginning March 23, 1989, had ended with regime change in the beleaguered nation, with India declaring Status Quo Ante, June 10, 1990. The June 10 agreement signed by Nepal PM K. P. Bhattarai is very close to yet another coercive Nepal-India Treaty.

“The initial plan was to connect Tibetan Capital Lhasa to Khasa of Sindhupalchowk District via Shigatse. But due to the difficulty of terrain and the rugged mountains, the Chinese have diverted the rail track towards Kerung of Rasuwa District”, confirms Hridayesh Tripathi-Nepal’s new Minister for Physical Planning and Works.

The total distance from Shigatse to Lhasa is about 350 Kilometers whereas from Shigatse to Kerung is just 275 Kilometers. The Chinese government has already developed Kerung as the special economic zone as per Nepali request.

The Rail track from Lhasa will be connected to Shigatse by 2012, reports Kantipur Daily, November 22, 2011.

Minister Tripathi also informs that during the impending visit of Prime Minister Wen Jiabao to Nepal, the government will appeal China for its benevolent support for the upgradation of the Kathmandu Ring Road and also to help Nepal construct highways connecting Chinese border with the Indian borders. The government has plans to construct at least four highways, claims Tripathi.

The four highways that the government plans to construct with the Chinese support are Hilsa-Simikot, Syafrubesi-Rasuwagadhi-Kerung, Khadbari-Kimathanka and Jomsom-Koral.

Report also claims that the proposal will be forwarded to the Chinese government during the six day trip of Foreign Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha to Beijing. Minister Shrestha will leave along with nine Foreign Ministry officials for Beijing Tuesday November 22, 2011.

India’s much feared Nepal-China Rail link soon a reality



..... this changes everything in the subcontinent .....

 

[IndoCarib]

This is more of a wish of Telegraph Nepal ( a Maoists mouth peice) than reality. More over there is already India Nepal Railways, and yes they can carry tanks . We will talk when the railway track really gets laid from Beijing to Nepal. Till then, dream on

 

[Abhishek_]

commercial connectivity throughout south asia is a welcome move.
politics will remain what it is now

 

[beijingwalker]

it is already under construction,and China has the ability to finish huge projects very soon with high efficiency.

 

[SinoChallenger]

India is geographically well suited to tank warfare. The trick is to get the tanks over the mountains and on to the plains.

 

[Tractor]

This railway just reach the foot of Himalaya moutain where kerung a beautiful tourist spot located.It is almost impossible for Nepal-China Rail link to cross that high damn nature great wall.
beautiful Kerung:

 

[Skull and Bones]

it is already under construction,and China has the ability to finish huge projects very soon with high efficiency.

Really?

Construction has started before getting any official confirmation from the Nepal government. Are you kidding me? Or that statement was just for your trolling?

 

[kawaraj]

what about Bhutan?

Is there a projected rail link between China and Bhutan?

 

[Huan]

The more rails that could be useful for the PLA, the better. ^^

 

[patna_ke_presley]

what about Bhutan?

Is there a projected rail link between China and Bhutan?

Bhutan has border dispute with China, very unlikely, but projects are going on with connecting Southern Cities of Bhutan with India.

 

[SEAL]

India imposed 16 months economic blockade on a small country like Nepal what a shame.

 

[twocents]

Direct rail link between China and Nepal has been sought after by the Nepalese government for decades, The late King Biendra proposed such a link in the 1970s. At the time China had neither the engineering capability nor the financial wherewithal to tackle the tough terrain over which the rail had to travel. A new rail link for landlocked Nepal will lessen Nepal's dependence on India, which will in turn enable Nepal to be less subject to the kind of Indian blackmail mentioned in the news article.
Here's a little interesting trivia. There is as of now no direct civil aviation link between China and Nepal. All sino-Nepalese air service has to be routed via India, under Indian threat to Nepal I might add.

 

[patna_ke_presley]

Direct rail link between China and Nepal has been sought after by the Nepalese government for decades, The late King Biendra proposed such a link in the 1970s. At the time China had neither the engineering capability nor the financial wherewithal to tackle the tough terrain over which the rail had to travel. A new rail link for landlocked Nepal will lessen Nepal's dependence on India, which will in turn enable Nepal to be less subject to the kind of Indian blackmail mentioned in the news article.
Here's a little interesting trivia. There is as of now no direct civil aviation link between China and Nepal. All sino-Nepalese air service has to be routed via India, under Indian threat to Nepal I might add.

Don't you know Nepalese has ethnic, lingual similarity to Indians just like Taiwan-China. Madhesi are similar to people of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh and Nepalese to people of North Bengal and Sikkim and we also intermarry very often. There is passport-Visa less movement between both countries and Nepalese are free to take any type of government jobs in India including that of Defense forces and they can study in any school of India and work in any city of India without any work permit.

If Chinese are thinking big, then they are living in big fantasy. Their Rail lines will only be used in dumping cheap Chinese good in Nepal. Anyway new lines may open some further opportunity for both China and Nepal but China don't fantasize of some miracle.

 

[kawaraj]

Don't you know Nepalese has ethnic, lingual similarity to Indians just like Taiwan-China. Madhesi are similar to people of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh and Nepalese to people of North Bengal and Sikkim and we also intermarry very often. There is passport-Visa less movement between both countries and Nepalese are free to take any type of government jobs in India including that of Defense forces and they can study in any school of India and work in any city of India without any work permit.

If Chinese are thinking big, then they are living in big fantasy. Their Rail lines will only be used in dumping cheap Chinese good in Nepal. Anyway new lines may open some further opportunity for both China and Nepal but China don't fantasize of some miracle.

what, Sikkimese have ethnic, lingual similarity to Indians?

what a joke, look at Sikkimee people, do they look like Chinese or you?

 

[Mech]

what, Sikkimese have ethnic, lingual similarity to Indians?

what a joke, look at Sikkimee people, do they look like Chinese or you?

People from Sikkim ARE INDIANS....so again....how does an INDIAN look?