Chinese Government provides grant worth 4.5 billion Nepali rupees for Syaphrubesi-Rasuwagadhi Highway Repair and Improvement Project (Linked to Project ID#38360, #43970, and #53689)

The purpose of the Syaphrubesi-Rasuwagadhi Highway Repair and Improvement Project is to widen the 16 km road from Syaphrubesi to Rasuwagadhi from one lane to two lanes and to blacktop it. This road section is part of the Galchhi-Trishuli-Rasuwagadhi Highway. The total cost of the project is 4.5 billion Nepali rupees. The project was be funded with the proceeds from an RMB 1 billion grant that the Chinese Government committed to the Government of Nepal in 2016 (see Project ID#53689). A feasibility study for the project was undertaken in 2018. Then, in 2019, Tibet Tianlu Company Limited was identified by China’s Ministry of Commerce as the the contractor responsible for project implementation. Project implementation began on September 28, 2019.

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The Chinese name of the project is 中国援助尼泊尔沙拉公路修复改善项目. The Chinese Government provided a grant for the Syaphrubesi-Rasuwagadhi Highway in 2007 (see Project ID# 38360). The project was an emergent response to earthquake relief in Nepal (see Project ID#43970).

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