PLA sends materials to Motuo, Tibet, by use of motorcades

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CHENGDU, September 11 (ChinaMil) -- A motorcade regiment under the Sichuan-Tibet Military Service Station Department left for Motuo county in the southeastern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region on September 10, 2013.

This is the first time for the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) to dispatch motorcades for delivering materials to Motuo county.

Motuo county, hailed as the "isolated island on plateau", was the only county in China which could not be reached by car. In the past, supplies for the military troops stationed in Motuo relied on horsebacks and occasional helilifts. In October 2012, the highway connecting Zhamu town of Bomi county and Motuo county was officially put into use, greatly facilitating transport to Motuo.

"It used to take the 'hinny fleet' more than two months to provide enough staple and non-staple food of a year for the stationed officers and men in Motuo. Now it takes only one trip of the motorcade to supply enough materials the troops need for a whole winter," said Pang Kuo, director of the Sichuan-Tibet Military Service Station Department.

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