Sangeeta Thapliyal, Mutual Security: The Case of India-Nepal (Lancer Publishers, 1998) p86 Construction of the 65 miles highway had been financed by the People's Republic, which also paid for the Sino-Nepal Friendship Bridge; despite concerns in India that the road would facilitate an invasion by China, King Mahendra reportedly had told India's Prime Minister Nehru, "Communism will not arrive in Nepal via a taxi cab."