Kathmandu : China has provided Nepal with materials to construct two Bailey bridges for installation in flood-affected areas.
As the first phase of its assistance, the Xizang (Tibet) Autonomous Region handed over materials required to construct two Bailey bridges, each measuring 100 metres in length.
At a ceremony held at the Nepali Consulate General in Lhasa, Nepali Consul General Laxmi Prasad Niraula and Ouyang Zhibing, Deputy Director-General of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Xizang Autonomous Region, exchanged the certificate of handover.
The bridge materials have already arrived at the Korala border point in Upper Mustang. The materials will be transported to flood-affected areas for installation.
China will also send a technical team to assist with the installation of the Bailey bridges. The assistance includes Bailey panels, decking panels, steel plates, beams and Bailey pins, among other materials.
Nepal had requested China to provide materials for 30 Bailey bridges for installation in flood-affected areas. China had also previously provided materials for Bailey bridges to Nepal.
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