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China begins construction of 7th airport in Tibet
China has began building an airport in north western Qinghai province, the birth place of the Dalai Lama.
Beijing: China has began building an airport
in north western Qinghai province, the birth place of the
Dalai Lama, which will be seventh in the remote Tibetan
plateau.
Qinghai province is located next to Tibet Autonomous Region, as well as Xinjiang and Gansu provinces.
The new airport will link the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau closer with the country`s inland areas, news agency reported today.
Two more airports would come up in the region before 2020, an official said. Huatugou Airport, in the Mongolian-Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Haixi in Qinghai province, is one of three new regional airports to be built in Qinghai before 2020, Yang Yang, deputy chief of the provincial development and reform commission.
Construction of the 700-million yuan (USD 111 million) airport will be completed by the end of 2013, and the civilian airport will start operation in June 2014, Yang said.
The news of the construction of the airport in Qinghai followed announcement on December 27 that an airport was being built at the world highest altitude at Nagqu prefecture in Tibet.
The airport, planned at an altitude of 4,436 meters will be 102 meters higher than Bamda Airport in Tibet`s Qamdo prefecture, currently the world`s highest. The airport will be six in the Tibetan plateau. China so far built five airports in Tibet. The other airports included Gonggar, Lhasa, Bamda, Xigaze and Ngari, close to Indian border.
The rapid pace of the development air infrastructure in Tibet coupled with rail and road development raised concerns in India as it provide massive advantage to China to move its troops and equipment overcoming the geographical problems in the remote region of the world.
Following this, India too stepped its infrastructure development along the Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh regions.
Meanwhile, the planned Huatugou Airport will have a 3,600-mt long runway and will handle flights to the provincial capital of Xining, the cities of Golmud and Delingha in Qinghai, the city of Dunhuang in neighboring Gansu Province, and Korla in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
By 2020, the airport will handle 90,000 passenger trips annually.
The airport, at an altitude of 2,945 meters, is located in a resource-rich region at the juncture of Qinghai and Xinjiang.
It is close to a major crude oil production base. "The new airport will provide stronger logistic support for exploiting natural resources," said Cheng Zhuzu, executive vice president of China West Airport Group. PTI
Qinghai province is located next to Tibet Autonomous Region, as well as Xinjiang and Gansu provinces.
The new airport will link the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau closer with the country`s inland areas, news agency reported today.
Two more airports would come up in the region before 2020, an official said. Huatugou Airport, in the Mongolian-Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Haixi in Qinghai province, is one of three new regional airports to be built in Qinghai before 2020, Yang Yang, deputy chief of the provincial development and reform commission.
Construction of the 700-million yuan (USD 111 million) airport will be completed by the end of 2013, and the civilian airport will start operation in June 2014, Yang said.
The news of the construction of the airport in Qinghai followed announcement on December 27 that an airport was being built at the world highest altitude at Nagqu prefecture in Tibet.
The airport, planned at an altitude of 4,436 meters will be 102 meters higher than Bamda Airport in Tibet`s Qamdo prefecture, currently the world`s highest. The airport will be six in the Tibetan plateau. China so far built five airports in Tibet. The other airports included Gonggar, Lhasa, Bamda, Xigaze and Ngari, close to Indian border.
The rapid pace of the development air infrastructure in Tibet coupled with rail and road development raised concerns in India as it provide massive advantage to China to move its troops and equipment overcoming the geographical problems in the remote region of the world.
Following this, India too stepped its infrastructure development along the Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh regions.
Meanwhile, the planned Huatugou Airport will have a 3,600-mt long runway and will handle flights to the provincial capital of Xining, the cities of Golmud and Delingha in Qinghai, the city of Dunhuang in neighboring Gansu Province, and Korla in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
By 2020, the airport will handle 90,000 passenger trips annually.
The airport, at an altitude of 2,945 meters, is located in a resource-rich region at the juncture of Qinghai and Xinjiang.
It is close to a major crude oil production base. "The new airport will provide stronger logistic support for exploiting natural resources," said Cheng Zhuzu, executive vice president of China West Airport Group. PTI