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 China building highway to Everest
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Posted on 06-20-07 12:22 PM     Reply [Subscribe]
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New Delhi: China on Wednesday confirmed the construction of a 110-km-long metalled highway in Tibet to Mt Everest in an attempt to provide an additional bonanza to the world at the time of the Olympics.

The move has sparked off howls of protests from environmentalists while in New Delhi there has been muted anxiety over security issues.

The highway is being laid on the Tibet side. It will involve leveling an unpaved track and could take about four months.

Chinese authorities on Wednesday said it will press ahead with the construction despite concerns from environmentalists. They also did not rule out building hotels in future in the fragile Himalayan region.

Environmentalists say the move will wreak havoc in the Himalayan region as it will deluge the area with tourists, which would damage the delicate eco-system. They say the approach to Everest from Nepal has already seen significant environmental damage.

The fragile Himalayan ecosystem is already bearing the brunt of global warming and this has caused immense damage to the glacial areas.

But officials in Lhasa appear determined to go ahead.

"People have been complaining about the poor road conditions to the base camp. It is not a safe road. It is hoped that the road can be improved so as to provide more convenience to tourists in the future," Qiangba Puncog, Chairman of the Tibet autonomous regional government, says.

China says the construction of the highway will be completed before August 2008, in time for the Beijing Olympic Games.

"We'll ensure completion of the road by all means by next August," Qiangba said.

The project aims to turn a 110-km rough road linking Tingri County of Xigaze Prefecture at the foot of the mountain to the Base Camp into a blacktop highway fenced by undulating guardrails.

On completion, the highway will become a major route for tourists and mountaineers who are crowding onto Mt Qomolangma (Chinese name for Mt Everest) in ever-larger numbers.

"More tourists are flocking into the Qomolangma Base Camp in the recent two years," said Puncog. "Tourists from Europe and America in particular like to have a glimpse of the Mount Qomolangma."

Some of the tourists, he said, had complained the road there was in poor condition and unsafe.

Organisers of the Beijing Olympics Games have revealed ambitious plans for the longest torch relay in Olympic history — a 137,000-km, 130-day route that would cross five Continents and scale the world's summit, which straddles the border between China and Nepal.

(With PTI inputs)
 
Posted on 06-20-07 2:41 PM     Reply [Subscribe]
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hope this gives some motivation to us on south to also build something and take a smaller chunk from tourism before red armies take the entire big loaf
 
Posted on 06-20-07 4:53 PM     Reply [Subscribe]
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You are right kaila baje ... lets build several spots like these in Nepal too, why should we compromise with environment when we are the least emitter of green gases. After all tourism is our only income. Besides, India will be worst affected by all the floods, of course we'll also get affected to some extent. But they emit a lot of gas so they deserve it. No sacarsm intended.
 
Posted on 06-20-07 4:59 PM     Reply [Subscribe]
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And Girija and Prachanda are building Highway To Hell from Nepal.....
 
Posted on 06-24-07 9:59 AM     Reply [Subscribe]
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this way nepal going to get boost .for tourisim. it spoesd to done by long time ago . need more educad .where the good people are gone .
 
Posted on 06-24-07 12:41 PM     Reply [Subscribe]
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why not ask YEMI???

She can build imaginary highways across east -west north - south ...bunch of communist dream sellers.
Probably she can build express train to everest !! and who gives the money ofcourse ADB cause ADB is in our pocket
 
Posted on 06-24-07 7:37 PM     Reply [Subscribe]
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more trash in nepal...
 


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