{"id":17001,"date":"2026-08-26T22:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T22:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=17001"},"modified":"2026-08-26T22:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T22:15:10","slug":"for-centuries-flood-hit-corridor-was-key-route-of-himalayan-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=17001","title":{"rendered":"For centuries, flood-hit corridor was key route of Himalayan trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133551133,imgsize-248836,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/for-centuries-flood-hit-corridor-was-key-route-of-himalayan-trade.jpg\" alt=\"For centuries, flood-hit corridor was key route of Himalayan trade\" title=\"A boy looks at the devastation caused along the Trishuli river\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"A boy looks at the devastation caused along the Trishuli river\">A boy looks at the devastation caused along the Trishuli river<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Himalayan corridor, particularly Rasuwagadhi, devastated by the flash flood had served for more than 260 years as one of Nepal\u2019s key trans-Himalayan arteries, carrying traders, pilgrims and armies before becoming a major gateway for Chinese electronics, garments, footwear and electric vehicles entering the country.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Long before trucks climbed Bhote Koshi valley, mule caravans carried rice and other grain from Nepal north to Gyirong, where traders exchanged them for Tibetan salt and wool. Salt, highly valued in Nepal\u2019s middle hills, travelled farther south towards India. Newar merchant communities also settled in Tibetan trading towns.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>The corridor had great strategic importance. Gorkha (Nepal district from which the community derives its name) captured Nuwakot in 1744 partly to control the lucrative Tibet trade. <!-- -->Nepalese troops later used the route during invasions of Tibet in 1788 and 1791 before Chinese and Tibetan forces counter-attacked in 1792. Jung Bahadur Rana built the Rasuwagadhi fort at the frontier while preparing another invasion in 1855.<!-- --> The 171-year-old fort still stood beside the modern Rasuwagadhi-Gyirong customs crossing.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Political changes after 1950 and new motor roads gradually ended the caravan economy, but trade through the mountain gap only changed form. Rasuwagadhi had in later years become an unlikely gateway for Nepal\u2019s EV boom. More than 6,500 Chinese electric cars, jeeps, vans and minibuses entered through the crossing in 2025-26, Rasuwa Customs figures showed. Vehicles awaiting clearance regularly packed the customs area, turning the narrow Himalayan settlement into a temporary automobile depot.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>That concentration of vehicles and cargo had also become a disaster risk. <!-- -->The July 2025 flood swept away numerous newly imported EVs and cargo vehicles. In the latest deluge, hundreds of 40-foot shipping containers parked along Timure riverbanks were dislodged and swept downstream, acting like floating battering rams as they struck bridge pillars, road embankments and power transmission towers.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>The flood also destroyed Miteri Sanghu, or Friendship Bridge, across Lhende\/Koshi river. Rebuilt after 2015 earthquake and repaired after the 2025 flood, the bridge lost its supporting abutments within seconds, severing the physical Nepal-China border link \u2014 the same passage through which salt and wool once came down and rice went up.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/south-asia\/for-centuries-flood-hit-corridor-was-key-route-of-himalayan-trade\/articleshow\/133551114.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A boy looks at the devastation caused along the Trishuli river The Himalayan corridor, particularly Rasuwagadhi, devastated by the flash flood had served for more than 260 years as one of Nepal\u2019s key trans-Himalayan arteries, carrying traders, pilgrims and armies before becoming a major gateway for Chinese electronics, garments, footwear and electric vehicles entering the 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