Reposted from Kuensel
Bhutan’s yearly gross revenue from hydropower export to India would be around Nu 45B by early 2018, according to estimates made by a private research firm.
By that time, Punatsangchu I, II and Mangdechu are expected to be commissioned and generating power. While these three new projects would earn around Nu 34B annually, the projects existing today – Tala, Chukha, Kurichu and Basochu – earn Nu 11B annually. More…
Reposted from Telegeography
Bhutan Telecom (BT) has announced that its new Long Term Evolution (LTE) network is expected to go live in two locations in capital city Thimpu, namely Chubachu and Motithang. Each base station will have a coverage radius of up to 1km, and provide end-users with theoretical downlink speeds of up to 40Mbps. More…
Bhutanese voters in line to cast their ballots
Reposted from The News (Pakistan)
Bhutan, whose monarchy ceded absolute power five years ago, will hold multi-party elections for its main house of parliament on May 31, officials announced on Monday.
Polls took place last week in the Himalayan nation for the largely ceremonial 25-seat National Council that are seen as a warm-up for the main electoral contest for the National Assembly from which the next government will be chosen. More…
Reposted from The Australian
The tiny Himalayan country of Bhutan begins electing a new parliament on Tuesday for only the second time in its history, five years after the Buddhist monarchy gave up its absolute power.
Voters will first choose members of the upper house National Council on Tuesday, a non-party body, then in the following weeks will decide which of five parties will form the next government in the National Assembly. More…
Reposted from Telegraph India
India plans to build some seven hydel projects in neighbouring Bhutan with combined electricity generating capacity of 7,020 megawatts (MW).
This will be on top of three existing power projects — Chukha, Tala and Kurichhu — which churn out about 1,400 MW and another three — Punatsangchhu-I, Punat-sangchhu-II and Mangdechhu — which are being built and will generate 2,940MW. More…
Hydro power has great potential in Bhutan
New Delhi, April 21: India plans to build some seven hydel projects in neighbouring Bhutan with combined electricity generating capacity of 7,020 megawatts (MW).
This will be on top of three existing power projects — Chukha, Tala and Kurichhu — which churn out about 1,400 MW and another three — Punatsangchhu-I, Punat-sangchhu-II and Mangdechhu — which are being built and will generate 2,940MW.
A meeting of an empowered joint group headed by Bhutan’s minister for economy was held in Thimpu last month to review six projects for which detailed reports have been prepared. The six projects are the proposed 2,560MW Sankosh project, Chamkharchhu (770MW), Kholongchhu (660MW), Amochhu (540MW), Wangchu (570MW) and the Bunakha (180MW). More…
Reposted from The Daily Star
The working committee for water resources management and hydropower development of the tri-nation alliance at its first meeting yesterday accepted a draft framework for future procedure proposed by Bangladesh. The delegates from Bangladesh, India and Bhutan did not discuss any specific hydropower project but rather focused on preparing a framework for tri-lateral cooperation. Primarily, for the hydropower project, Bangladesh has selected nine sites in India and four others in Bhutan — all in trans-boundary rivers. More…
Reposted from Xinhua
South Asia is regaining its economic momentum, but the recovery in the region with the largest number of poor people could falter in the absence of a stronger investment climate, said the latest South Asia Economic Focus report of the World Bank.
The combined growth of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka was just 4.7 percent in 2012, substantially below pre-crisis levels, according to the report. More…
Reposted from Energy Bangla
Meetings of the Working Groups on sub-Regional Cooperation between Bangladesh, India and Bhutan. In Pursuance of the Framework Agreement signed between Bangladesh and India in September 2011 during the visit of prime Minister of India to Bangladesh, the first meetings of the India-Bangladesh-Bhutan working Group on Water and Power and the Working Group on Transit and connectivity will be held in Dhaka on 18th and 19th April 2013 respectively. More…
Reposted from Asia News Network
It has been a dream for Tanapron, 56, a female teacher from Singburi Vocational College in northern Thailand, to visit Bhutan. But she has been unable to due to the high tourist tariff charged by the Bhutanese government.
“It is beyond my means to go to Bhutan since US$250 per night is expensive for me,” Tanapron said. Bhutan charges US$200-$250 a person per night as minimum daily package for tourists travelling in a group of three or more. More…
