The UN's World Food Programme is moving 250 tons of food to Hilsa to support a key road-building project in Humla. The trucks that leave Kathmandu in early May will cross into China at Kodari and drive west 500 km to Hilsa along the Tibetan plateau. From Hilsa the food will be ferried via Taklakot to Simikot, a three-week journey. The DDC is making the trail to the Chinese border motorable. "The road will re-establish trade links with Tibet and provide vital access for Humla," says Douglas C Coutts, WFP Representative in Kathmandu. more >>