Olangchungola checkpoint remains closed for 16 months

March 16, Phungling: Olangchungola border checkpoint of Taplejung district has remained closed for the past 16 months.

Chairperson of Phaktanglung rural municipality-7, Chetan Sherpa, said that Reu administration of Tibet, China on 30th of January, 2020, had informed the Nepali side not to allow any movement through the border checkpoint for some time.

The border checkpoint was closed after the Reu administration requested to stop the movement soon after the Chinese workers arrived for road construction, returned home.

The border checkpoint has been closed since November 2020.