Press Trust of India | Beijing
August 5, 2015
The 100 Chinese police officers, who entered the Nepalese territory via Tibet after the China-Nepal Highway was blocked by a landslide, have cleared the 30-kilometre stretch of the vital himalayan route.
The officers entered Nepal from Tibet on Saturday to help repair the rain-ravaged highway at the request of the Nepal government.
The part of the highway on the Nepalese side is 114-kilometre long and was ravaged by days of heavy rainfall.
The Nepalese Army had said that a joint team from the two countries would clear the blocked Tatopani-Khadichaur stretch of the highway within 20 days, state-run Xinhua news agency reported today.
China has dispatched 100 Chinese People’s Armed Police Force officers for repair of the highway, a vital route for trade for the local people.
The 943-km China-Nepal Highway connects Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region in southwest China, with the Nepalese capital Kathmandu. It was put into use in July 1965.
Heavy rainfall have led to mudslides and blocked traffic at several areas in recent days in Nepal.
Chinese armed transport police entered Nepal for the first time in early May to carry out relief work after a massive earthquake struck the himalayan country on April 25. About 9,000 people were killed in the quake.
