Several tunnels have already been drilled through the sacred mountains in the various counties between Dhartsedho and Nyakchukha, Golok, and Othok, near Lithang County, in eastern Tibet, according to exile sources in close contact with these areas of Tibet.
The Chinese authorities and workers, “ignoring our culture and traditions, are deliberately underground drilling tunnels to our holy and sacred mountains, where traditional prayer flags are placed and smoking rituals are offered on every traditional anniversary and festival, that are passed on from generation to generation, with the knowledge of how our belief system is strongly linked to these sacred mountains,” said a Tibetan living in TPI, speaking on condition of anonymity for security reasons.