The two micro-hydel plants planned for Soe and Lingshi in north Thimphu could be scrapped because lighting up one household there is working out to a million ngultrums, 10 times the usual cost.

A 50 KW plant for Soe and a 100 KW plant for Lingshi have been included in the 10th plan based on the repeated requests of the people of Lingshi, who have been using solar power for many years now.