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Huge power shortage expected
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BPC considers energy banking, small hydropower plants, import, thermal plants and load shedding to meet shortage
9 February, 2010 - Bhutan, rich in hydropower could face power shortage, up to 20 MW, by the late winter months of 2010 and early 2011.
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A bigger slice of the megaproject pie
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Govt. to ensure genuine Bhutanese participation in forthcoming hydropower projects
Construction Industry 9 February, 2010 - In constructing existing hydropower plants in the country, Indian construction companies have played a major role, leaving only its secondary works, such as building roads and houses for the projects, to the Bhutanese contractors.
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9 February, 2010 - Collateral Damage - The suspension bridge over the Kholongchu in Trashiyangtse that was damaged by falling boulders from road widening work on January 25 is still to be repaired
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Sued company stonewalls court summons
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Chhundu-Oberoi Case Update 9 February, 2010 - The country’s first foreign direct investment (FDI) court case between Oberoi groups ltd. against Chhundu travels remains tangled in deadlock.
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| Lyonpo Minjur Dorji and ambassador Pavan K Verma |
9 February, 2010 - The government of India yesterday donated more than 100 books to the national library in Thimphu.
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Memorable – Also for the wrong reasons
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| Offroad Breakdown: Big bro is on hand to help his compatriot in need |
Indo-Bhutan Friendship Rally 9 February, 2010 - Like many adventure excursions that bring back memories and spark discussions long after their passage, the recent car rally has done the same. However, the initial miscommunication that snowballed into bigger problems for the Bhutanese contingency dominated the conversation.
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Disposal sites for industrial waste
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And not a moment too soon for the environment’s sake
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| Buried Under Waste Besides the obvious air pollution, the water and land around have also been adversely affected |
9 February, 2010 - The department of trade and industry has identified two disposal sites for hazardous and non-hazardous waste in Pasakha, Phuentsholing, which could come to the rescue of the mounting industrial waste produced by factories in Pasakha.
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Tollgate/farmroad cost-benefit ratio
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Road-users complain of contradiction in terms
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| No entry without fee: The tollgate at Changchey |
9 February, 2010 - If farm roads are meant to ease the life of farmers, a makeshift tollgate at Changchey in Tsirang contradicts the idea, say road users.
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Record slump in tourist arrivals
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8 February, 2010 - Tourist arrivals dropped by 15 percent in 2009 from the year before, prompting people in the industry to call it one of the worst slumps in recent years.
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Hydropower construction company by 2012
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Bhutanese company to bid for 10,000 MW and other project
8 February, 2010 - Druk Green Power corporation’s (DGPC) planned hydropower construction company, once formed, will bid for a slice of the Nu 525 bn construction pie of the 10,000 MW projects.
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8 February, 2010 - A six-year-old girl was killed yesterday morning after being hit by a maruti-swift vehicle on the Mongar-Trashigang highway.
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PM meets former Indian ambassadors
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| Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y Thinley talks to former Indian ambassadors to Bhutan at an informal gathering at the Bhutan embassy, New Delhi |
8 February, 2010 - “If Bhutan is a subject of some degree of admiration around the world it was attributable to ‘the special benefits’ that Bhutan enjoyed through its ‘special relationship’ with India.”
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PM, NIIT Chairman discuss IT project
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| NIIT chairman, Rajendra S. Pawar and Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y. Thinley |
8 February, 2010 - The chairman of Indian ICT giant NIIT, Rajendra S. Pawar, and Prime Minister Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y. Thinley met in New Delhi, India, to take the Nu 2.05 billion Total Solutions forward.
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Indian rally teams take top 3 prizes
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| Winners of the Bhutanese rally team |
3rd Indo-Bhutan friendship car rally8 February, 2010 - The lost time in navigating the traffic in Siliguri during the first leg did not stop the professional rally team from Kolkota, Arindam Ghosh and Somdeb Chanda in bagging the first prize of Rs 75,000 and a Bhutan India Friendship Association (BIFA) trophy, during the third Indo Bhutan friendship rally (IBFR), which ended on Saturday in Thimphu.
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Bhutan – The last bastion of the hornbill
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Researcher Rinchen Drakpa, a Thrumshingla park official, will be mapping the bird’s habitat
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| Safe in Bhutan The rufous-necked hornbil |
8 February, 2010 - Bhutan’s forests provide a safe haven for the rufous-necked hornbill, a bird that is classified vulnerable by the international union for conservation of nature (IUCN) and Birdlife international, according to a Thrumshingla national park official.
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