China Railway Construction Corp (CRCC) has applied for conducting a feasibility study of proposed Kathmandu-Rasuwagadhi railway, that will connect Nepal with China, Nepal’s Department of Railway said.
Two weeks ago, CRCC submitted an application for the feasibility study of Kathmandu-Rasuwagadhi section of proposed railway, Ananta Acharya, director general of Department of Railway told Xinhua.
The company’s application came after Nepalese side requested China’s support for conducting feasibility study and preparing detailed project report of both sections — Kathmandu-Rasuwagadhi and Kathmandu-Pokhara-Lumbini of the proposed railway when Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli visited China.
The proposed rail section has been planned to be extended to Lumbini, in southern Nepal through the Himalayan country’s tourism city Pokhara in western Nepal.
Nepal’s new budget for next fiscal year 2016-17 has announced conducting a detailed feasibility study of proposed Rasuwgadhi-Kathmandu-Pokhara-Lumbini railway line within the next two years as a part of enhancing connectivity with China.
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