China-Nepal blocked highway cleared six days after quake

The Chinese side of a pivotal highway linking Tibet and Nepal was cleared of obstructions Friday (May 1), six days after an 8.1-Magnitude earthquake in Nepal caused landslides that blocked the road.

The last of the landslide debris was cleared at a section between Zham Town and the China-Nepal border Friendship Bridge at around midday, said Song Xiaodong, an armed police officer, who led 165 soldiers to join the road work with local workers.


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