Digging under Everest: China eyes railway under world’s highest mountain

The Chinese are reportedly considering building a railway between China and Nepal that could involve building a tunnel under Mount Everest. The plan has set alarm bells ringing in Delhi.

The proposed 540-kilometer high-speed rail link is expected to be completed by 2020 and would be an extension of a railway that already links China with Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, according to Chinese state media.

“A proposed extension of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway to the China-Nepal border through Tibet would boost bilateral trade and tourism as there is currently no rail line linking the two countries,” the state-run China Daily reported .... http://rt.com