Rural communities have found cracks developing in their homes with the continuous blasting for construction. Dec 11, 2020 · 07:30 pm Cracks developed on the wall of a traditional house in Uma village near Punatsangchhu hydropower site in Bhutan s Wangduephodrang district. | Dawa Gyelmo/ The Third Pole
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% increase in energy generation between January and July end, compared to the same months in 2019. Revenues increased by 13%.
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.