Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli may have been a tainted Communist leader with excessive and visible India tilt yet his determined stance taken against India at time of the heinous Economic Blockade imposed on Nepal by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has to a greater extent washed his somewhat dirty image in the eyes of the Nepali population.
Oli who was also the Nepal PM then not only kept the national prestige high all along the blockade that lasted for more than six months but also exhibited his sophisticated diplomatic acumen in such a manner that he bagged accolades not only from the domestic population but also from China, Nepal’s northern neighbor, in having subtly approached Beijing for helping his India tortured country so that Nepal could lessen her heavy dependence on India.
Oli approached China not to hurt India, however, the Indian side took Oli’s political overtures made then as to have been deliberately made to tease China.

The myopia continues yet.
Had it been not the Indian blockade pain then, the Nepali establishment would have consoled itself and so would have the population eventually.
However, since the pain of the India imposed blockade was so terrible that jolted the entire nation and the tremor was felt seriously and taken due note by the then Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli who, as a mark to exhibit his anger, flew to Beijing and begged the needed support from the Chinese authorities.
Oli visited India as well to dilute the Indian illusion.
While being in Beijing, PM Oli inked several agreements and skillfully managed to convince Beijing that Nepal now count on China and thus needs the host country, China, to extend support in some key areas which time permitting may reduce or say lessen the Indian over reliance.

The year 2016 will go a long way in the annals of Nepal’s chequered history in having tried to bring China in the broad spectrum of Nepali politics openly which had so far been shadowed by the heavy involvement of the Indian establishment into the Nepali affairs including the micro-management of the country’s internal affairs.
Nepali rulers save the Monarchy exhibited their disgusting tilt towards India which was more or less supported by Nepal’s so called vibrant media.
And here was PM Oli who should be given the credit to have taken the needed risk in having dared to annoy the Southern Goliath by clearly siding with the Northern Dragon.

Thanks the Elephant in the South and the Dragon in the North were face to face then but nothing untoward happened.
To come back to the real topic.

Oli’s 2016 trip to China is yielding positive results in Nepal’s favor. China has come into action in order to begin extending helps to Nepal.
Reliable partner indeed. Bids to enhance and expand the Connectivity in between the two nations in earnest has just begun.
As per the agreement made then with China, a technical team from China arrived Nepal, May 22, 2018, to conduct the pre-feasibility study for the cross border railway from KERUNG, China, to Kathmandu, so says Department of Nepal Railways official, reports Xinhua news agency.
Says Aman Chitrakar, a divisional engineer from Nepal Railways that the “Chinese technical team have visited the proposed sites of the planned Railway line “.
Nepal Railways official, Mr. Chitrakar further told the Chinese news agency that the friendly team is here in Nepal to conduct the initial study on geological condition and potential alignments of the proposed railways to enter Nepal through Kerung.
“By August 2018, the study will come up with pre-feasibility report”, writes the Xinhua news agency.
The pre-feasibility team has come from China under the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative scheme.
To recall, Nepal is a signatory to the BRI scheme launched by China.

The NCEC a la CPEC it is perhaps.