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Bhutan s hydropower exports flourish during lockdown, but for rural communities it s a mixed blessing By Dawa Gyelmo The pandemic may have shut down much of Bhutan’s public life, but its prime export, hydropower, has flourished. With early rainfall, Druk Green Power Corporation has recorded an estimated 14 percent increase in energy generation between January and July end, compared to the same months in 2019. Revenues increased 13 percent. The rise in revenues will offset the losses incurred because tourism has come to a halt. In pre-COVID days, it was Bhutan’s second highest revenue earner. But for many rural communities having hydropower stations nearby is a mixed blessing. Houses in these areas have developed cracks that often reappear even if they are fixed. Much of the damage remains unrepaired.

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