December 28, 2016 5:29 PM

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China begins to transport water from Tibet by charter trains

China today started transporting bottled water to other parts of the country by charter trains from the Himalayan rivers in Tibet, known for its rich water resources. <br/><br/>A train full of Tibetan bottled water left Lhasa, the provincial capital of Tibet Autonomous Region, and headed for the city of Ningbo in eastern China's Zhejiang Province.<br/>'<br/>It is the first of a regular set of cargo trains to bring bottled drinking water from Tibet to China's inland areas. There are also plans to run trains between Lhasa and other cities such as Beijing, Qingdao, Zhengzhou, Guangzhou, Chengdu and Lanzhou, it said. Tibet, often called Asia's Water Tower, is rich in water resources.

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