Koshi Province now has a road link to China, with Taplejung track cut open
Nepal, Feb. 21 -- A motorable track linking Phungling, the district headquarters of Taplejung, with China has finally opened.
According to Pemba Thile Sherpa, contractor of the Phungling-Gola-Tiptala road project, the stretch connecting the Tiptala Bhanjyang point with China made a breakthrough on Tuesday. The road was being constructed in the Pati area of Phaktalung Rural Municipality Ward 7.
SBA Elite JV, a Kathmandu-based builder, received the project at the cost of Rs440 million. Its task was to open a 37-kilometre track from Tapekhok to Olangchungola. The firm started work on the track six years ago.
The Phungling-Gola-Tiptala section is a part of Mulghat-Dobhan-Olangchungola road project, also called the Tamor corridor road. With...
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