China restores access to Tibet disaster zone as highway reopens
Heavy machinery reached the core disaster zone after crews reopened the only road, as more than 2,100 rescuers continued searching for 546 missing people.
- On Wednesday, China fully reopened the G216 highway to Gyirong Port, allowing heavy machinery to reach the core disaster zone for the first time since an August 26 ice-rock avalanche destroyed the route.
- An ice-rock avalanche on August 26 triggered catastrophic mudslides that destroyed the border post and severed the main trade link between China and Nepal, burying buildings under massive debris flows.
- Chinese authorities mobilized 2,141 rescuers and 3,922 pieces of equipment to the devastated area, with teams using life-detection devices to search for survivors in the narrow mountain gorge.
- Official Chinese reports state 16 deaths and 546 missing in Tibet, while Nepal's disaster management authority reports confirmed deaths exceeding 1,000 as of Wednesday.
- Research fellow Dhondup Wangmo of the Tibet Policy Institute noted the disaster highlights Tibet's vulnerability to permafrost melt, fueling criticism over the lack of transparent environmental impact reporting for regional infrastructure projects.
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Unlike Nepal, no journalist has been able to approach the disaster zone, as access to Tibet is prohibited. The regime controls the story according to its usual protocol, aggravated in this case by the sensitivity of the territory.
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