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Bhutan’s new mega-city could mean the end of the planet’s most peaceful place
Bhutan’s drawcard has always been its elusiveness ... Part of the Mindfulness City masterplan involves a new hydroelectric dam, an industry that’s overtaken tourism as the country’s primary ...
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Bhutan GLOFs funding
Newcastle University researchers have been awarded funding to assess the risk facing Bhutan from glacial lake outburst floods ...
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Joint technical assessment underway for PHPA-I dam stabilisation
A joint technical assessment is underway for the 1,200 MW Punatsangchhu-I Hydropower Project (PHPA-I) dam, with technical teams from Bhutan and India evaluating stabilisation measures for the right ...
China's mega-dam strategy: Upstream control, downstream impacts
On December 25, the People’s Republic of China approved the construction of the world's largest hydropower dam on the Yarlung ...
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No progress on KHEL’s dam and powerhouse construction
The undergrowth that was once cleared at the dam site at Buyang has regenerated even as the ... KHEL is the first-ever joint venture hydropower project in Bhutan and it is formed between Druk Green ...
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China’s bid to tame a ‘rogue’ river
In the absence of a water-sharing treaty, we are in a vulnerable position, but a dam for a dam is not in our best interest either ...