China finishes track-laying work for Sichuan-Tibet railway line near Arunachal
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China on Thursday accomplished the track-laying work for a railway line linking the cities of Lhasa and Nyingchi in Tibet, near the Indian border in Arunachal Pradesh, official media right here reported.The Sichuan-Tibet Railway would be the second railway into Tibet after the Qinghai-Tibet Railway. It will undergo the southeast of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, one of many world’s most geologically lively areas.The Sichuan-Tibet Railway begins from Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province and travels by means of Ya’an and enters Tibet by way of Qamdo, shortening the journey from Chengdu to Lhasa from 48 hours to 13 hours.Linzhi, also referred to as Nyingchi, is positioned near Arunachal Pradesh border.Last month, President Xi Jinping instructed officers to expedite development of the brand new railway challenge connecting Sichuan Province and Linzhi in Tibet, saying it might play a key function in safeguarding the border stability.With a designed pace of 160 km per hour, the 435-km rail line passes by means of 47 tunnels and 120 bridges, in line with its constructor Tibet Railway Construction Co., Ltd.Construction began in 2014 on the railway connecting Lhasa, the regional capital, and Nyingchi in jap Tibet. It is the primary electrified railroad in Tibet and is slated to start operations in June 2021, the Xinhua report mentioned.So far, a complete of 31.2 billion yuan (about USD 4.8 billion) has been invested within the challenge, in line with official knowledge.With greater than 90 per cent of the railway inbuilt areas greater than 3,000 metres above sea degree, the excessive altitude and sophisticated geological circumstances have posed nice challenges to the challenge, the report mentioned.
