New railway line in Tibet will damage environment, worries India

The new railway line to connect Lhasa and Sichuan in southwest China will not only damage the fragile eco-system of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) but has India worried because of its implications for regional security, a leading rights group has said.

The construction of the new line, which will connect Lhasa to Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, was confirmed during the ongoing session of China’s rubber-stamp parliament, the National People’s Congress (NPC).