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12/08/22 06:05 AM IST

China, Nepal agree on building a trans-Himalayan network

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  • China and Nepal have agreed to build the so-called Trans-Himalayan Multi-Dimensional Connectivity Network.
About  the Network 
  • The network, under China’s Belt and Road initiative, will involve the building of railways and communication networks.
  • The BCIM economic corridor aims to connect Kolkata with Kunming, the capital of the Yunnan province through Myanmar and Bangladesh. It envisages the formation of a thriving economic belt, focusing on cross-border transport, energy and telecommunication networks.
  • Under the agreement, China will finance the feasibility study of a China-Nepal cross-border railway.
  • Experts from China will visit to Nepal to do surveys in 2022.
  • Trans-Himalayan Multi-Dimensional Connectivity network will be constructed under Belt & Road Initiative of China. Under it, railways and communication networks will be constructed.
  • The construction of this network was appreciated by Chinese President as switching Nepal “from a landlocked to a land-linked country”.  
  • The network comprises of multiple transportation infrastructure projects, one such project being “China–Nepal railway”. China-Nepal railway project is at feasibility study stage.
Source- Indian Express 

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