Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli (L) speaks in a ground breaking ceremony of laying the optical fibers at Galchhi Rural Municipality of Dhading District, in Western Kathmandu, May 20, 2019. China Communications Services International Limited started to lay optical fibers along a highway connecting the eastern and western border of Nepal for Nepal Telecom (NT), one of the biggest telecom service providers of Nepal. The Chinese company is responsible for laying 555 kilometers of optical fibers out of the planned 2,179-km long fibers from Chiyabhanjyang in eastern Panchthar district to Arughat in western Gorkha district along the Mid-Hill highway. Once completed, the optical fibers are expected to provide an access to high speed internet and mobile services to the Nepali people. (Xinhua/Sunil Sharma)