The asphalting of a section of a key highway in southwest China's Tibet which borders Nepal began on Tuesday.
The 141-km gravel road from Gangga to Nyalam in Tibet will be completely sealed in two years at a cost of 470 million yuan (62.6 million U.S. dollars).
It is expected that vehicle speeds will rise from 20 km per hour to 40 km per hour on the completion of the project.
Asphalting has already begun on a 42-km section from Nyalam to Zhangmu, a key land port in Tibet at a cost of 335 million yuan.
The Chinese section of the China-Nepal Highway, from Lhasa, capital of Tibet, to Zhangmu, will be completely sealed at the end of 2009.
The highway links Lhasa and Katmandu, capital of Nepal.
Source: Xinhua
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