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2008:
Phuentsholing-Thimphu highway on route
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Dantak officials said that fifty percent of the formation cutting work
on the Phuentsholing-Thimpu highway,
along a 45 km stretch between Kamji and Takthi, had been completed.
The
stretch lies in the 77.5 km route between Chukha and Kharbandi, which falls
under Phase II of the project. Double laning of the remaining 20 km route
between Kharbandi and Kamji and a 12.5 km route between Takhti
and Chukha will also be taken up this year. |
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On
the 82.5 km to 131 km bypass road between Kharbandi and Chukha, which falls
in phase III of the project, Dantak officials said that a detailed project
report would be ready by June 2008, after which work would start this year.
The
existing 5 km double-laned road between Phuentsholing and Kharbandi would
also be 'strengthened' this year. Dantak officials also said that a 100-metre
bridge and 55-metre bridge, being built on the Pasakha-Monitor road,
would be completed by the end of this year.
The
declining Hashimara-Phuentsholing road is also being strengthened
with work starting from August 2008.
In
addition to this, the 50 km Rangia to Samdrup Jongkhar road is also
being double-laned to meet increased traffic flow.
Dantak
will also be resurfacing around 111 km of roads in Bhutan in 2008. These
include the Daranga- Trashigang (43 km),
Chunzom-Haa-Paro (43 km), Chumzom to Drukgyel Dzong (10 km), Phuentsholing-Thimphu
(10 km) and Haa-Damthang (4 km).
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| Contributed
by Tenzing Lamsang, KUENSEL, Bhutan's National Newspaper, June 2008 |
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