The 5th Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) meeting for the project “Capacity Development on Countermeasures of Slope Disaster on Roads in Bhutan” was held on 16 May 2022 in the MoWHS conference hall. The meeting was attended by officials from JICA Bhutan Office led by Chief Representative, JICA Expert Team, officials from DoR led by Director […]
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Technical Corporation Project (TCP) for Capacity Development in Construction and Maintenance of Bridges known as CAMBRIDGE
The CAMBRIDGE TCP in Department of Roads (DoR) was started in October 2016 for the initial period of three years. However, with some unavoidable circumstances in between the project had to be extended by 6 months and intended to complete in April 2020. But again, with outbreak of COVID 19, the project period was further […]
Signing on MINUTES OF MEETINGS of technical cooperation project for “ESTABLISHMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM IN CONSTRUCTION SECTOR”
The Minutes of Meeting for JICA’s technical cooperation project “Establishment of human resource development system in construction sector” was signed between the Director General of Department of Roads, Ministry of Works and Human Settlement and the Mission leader of survey team, Japan International Cooperation Agency, on 25th March 2022. The objective of this project is […]
Improvement of Sunkosh-Dagapela Road
The existing Sunkosh-Dagapela road passes through settlements of Tshangkha, Drujeygang & Trashiding gewogs under Dagana Dzongkhag. Although the road was classified as a Secondary National highway, the road was too narrow for heavy vehicles plying through it and did not meet the specifications of the Secondary National highway. The average blacktopped road width was around […]
Bajo – Khuruthang Highway Upgraded
People of Wangdue Phodrang and Punakha will now enjoy a comfortable and enjoyable drive between Bajo and Khuruthang. The improvement of Bajo-Khuru Road has been recently completed and upgraded to a Secondary National Highway (SNH). It was funded under Project Tied Assistance of Government of India. The Upgradation of 8.6 km of Bajo-Khuru Road was […]
