Nissan Motor Corporation chief executive officer Carlos Ghosn and Bhutanese prime minister Tshering Tobgay shake hands after unveiling the Nissan Leaf electric vehicle in Thimphu on Friday.

Four huts were razed to the ground and around 1,000 acres of forest were destroyed in a fire that started around 2.30 pm today above Langjophakha in Thimphu. No casualty was reported.

Hydropower: The country’s target to generate 10,000 MW of electricity got a boost, with the cabinet approving the detailed project report (DPR) of the 180MW Bunakha reservoir hydroelectric project

Bhutan regards environmental protection as a priority, but while it exports clean hydro-electricity to India, the proceeds are wiped out by the oil it imports to power its vehicles.

PES: A give and take initiative of the department of forest and park services (DoFPS) could save natural resources, and even help reduce poverty in rural areas, if it gains momentum.

PHEP-I: Punatsangchhu hydroelectric project I (PHEP-I) will earn about Nu 1.4B worth of foreign currency annually upon commissioning, in exchange for carbon credits.

Thimphu: In its attempt to save the area above Tashichhodzong as a “green zone”, some of Thimphu thromde’s approaches are not going down well with some landowners there.

In the 11th Plan, the government will construct more than 2,000km of farm roads, 400km national roads and repair 230km existing national roads.