Kathmandu, Oct. 19 -- Nepal sought China's support for an integrated development, including resettlement of scattered population in the Himalayan region, during Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Nepal last weekend.

But the government's preparations on the ground toward an integrated development of the region which is backward in terms of human development and infrastructure connectivity is next to nothing, admit the Nepal government officials.

"No detailed plan has been prepared so far, though we have been holding discussions on how to relocate the scattered population to a single location and deliver infrastructure and other government facilities to them," said Puspa Raj Kandel, vice-chairman of the National Planning Commission....