China ready to help upgrade Barhabise-Tatopani Road: Chinese Ambassador

SINDHUPALCHOWK, MAY 30: Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Chen Song has said that China is ready to help upgrade the Barhabise-Tatopani road section. During a discussion held on Wednesday evening with stakeholders at the Tatopani Customs Office about border management and the road leading to the Friendship Bridge, Chinese Ambassador Chen stated that both countries can build roads together. He also shared that Chinese technicians will come to study the location of the landslide and other facets of the road.

On the occasion, an MP from Sindhupalchok, Madhav Sapkota, shared that Rs 1.2 billion has been allocated for upgrading the road and proposed that both countries should work together on it. The Head of the Road Division Office, Dolakha, Arjun Shrestha, presented a detailed project report on the road upgrading work prepared by Nepal.

Advisor to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs, Dr. Rupak Sapkota, Chair of Bhotekoshi Rural Municipality Pasang Norbu Sherpa, local people’s representatives, political parties, the Chief District Officer, the chiefs of security agencies, the chief of the customs office, and division road office staff were present in the discussion.

The Tatopani trade and transit point with China was closed following the 2015 earthquake and was re-opened in September 2023. An agreement was reached during Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s visit to China last October for the Chinese side to help upgrade the road leading to the border crossing.

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