China Railway Construction Corporation Limited (CRCC) has applied for conducting a feasibility study of proposed Kathmandu-Rasuwagadhi railway which is expected to connect the Chinese railway network in the near future, Nepal’s Department of Railway said on Monday. Ananta Acharya, director general of Department of Railway told Xinhua that the CRCC submitted an application about two weeks ago showing willingness to conduct feasibility study of Kathmandu-Rasuwagadhi section of proposed railway. Nepal’s new budget for next fiscal year 2016-17 has announced conducting a detailed feasibility study of proposed Rasuwgadhi-Kathmandu-Pokhara-Lumbini railway line within the next two years as a part of enhancing connectivity with China.