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Digging under Everest: China eyes railway under world’s highest mountain
Thursday, April 9, 2015 10:36
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The Chinese are reportedly considering building a railway between China and Nepal that could involve building a tunnel under Mount Everest. The plan has set alarm bells ringing in Delhi.
The proposed 540-kilometer high-speed rail link is expected to be completed by 2020 and would be an extension of a railway that already links China with Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, according to Chinese state media.
“A proposed extension of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway to the China-Nepal border through Tibet would boost bilateral trade and tourism as there is currently no rail line linking the two countries,” the state-run China Daily reported …. http://rt.com
Source: http://luismmx.blogspot.com/2015/04/digging-under-everest-china-eyes.html
