Gyirong Post Wiped Out: Nepal Flood Jolts 2016 China-Nepal BRI Rail Plan
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The Gyirong land port on the Nepal-China border has been completely destroyed by floods. Roads and bridges are buried in debris. This devastation has also raised questions about the viability of the China-Nepal BRI railway project, proposed in 2016. Experts have called for a reassessment of environmental and hydrological risks before undertaking major infrastructure projects in the Himalayan region.
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Gyirong post wiped out: Nepal flood jolts 2016 China-Nepal BRI rail plan
The flash flood near the Nepal-China (Tibet) border has wrecked the Himalayan nation's key road link to Tibet, highlighting the risks facing Beijing's proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) railway between Tibet and Kathmandu. Experts have called for a rethink of the project's design and disaster safeguards before the railway moves beyond paper.
The Girang land port between Nepal and China's Tibet was virtually wiped out in the disaster of August 26. The railway was supposed to cut through the mountains and become a land port on the Chinese side.
The recent floods in Nepal and Tibet were devastating. The full extent of the damage is still unknown. The death toll is estimated at over 1,100. Massive avalanches from the Himalayan mountains...
Kathmandu. Despite limited resources to deal with the challenges created by the Bhotekoshi floods, the Nepal Police is continuously working to fulfill its responsibilities by using all mechanisms. Immediately after the flood entered from the Nepal-China border in Rasuwa, the police have been working day and night up to the coastal areas, prioritizing information collection and analysis, adoption of necessary strategies, use of available resource…
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