The
1997 strategy also calls for the acceleration of the construction of hydro-electric
projects at Yamdrok Tso, Menlha and Woka, to bring installed capacity
up to at least 30,000 kw, an increase in power supply of around 50%. "We
should make full preparations for building a railway into Tibet", says
the report, for the second year running. The railway project was abandoned
in 1987 because of the cost, but was revived on paper in 1994 at an initial
cost of 20 billion yuan [$2.4 billion] .