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Proposed Loan and Grant for Bhutan: Green Power Development Project

The Government of Bhutan has applied a loan and grant from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) towards the cost of the Green Power Development Project.

The Project will provide separate financing for each of two major physical investments for (i) the Dagachhu Hydropower Project, and (ii) the Rural Electrification Project.

The Dagachhu Hydropower Project (a 114 MW run-of-the-river type) aims to export power from Bhutan to India through the existing grid connected to India. The project site is on the Dagachhu river, which is a tributary stream of the Punatsangchhu (Sankosh) that drains into the Brahmaputra river in India.

The Rural Electrification Project will extend the distribution system to provide reliable power supply to 10,275 domestic households and facilities in the rural areas in eight districts of Bhutan. In addition to the grid-extension, provision of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems is also considered to support electrification in isolated off-grid rural areas, particularly 119 public facilities focusing on schools, health clinics, monasteries and other community facilities.

Proceeds of the loan and grant are intended to be used for procurement of civil works, equipment, vehicle, goods. Any works, goods and services to be financed from ADB loan and grant proceeds will be carried out in accordance with latest version of ADB's Procurement Guidelines 2006 and ADB's Guidelines on the Use of Consultants.

The Dagachhu Hydro Power Corporation (DHPC) will be the Implementing Agency (IA) for the Dagachhu Hydropower Project and the Bhutan Power Corporation (BPC) the IA for the Rural Electrification Project.

Interested bidders and consultants from ADB member countries who wish to obtain additional information may contact:

For the Dagachhu Hydropower Project:

Dagachhu Hydro Power Corporation Limited (DHPC)
Contact: General Manager
Changangkhag
Post Box No. 1223
Thimphu, Bhutan
Tel.No.: +975-2-336095
Fax No.: +975-2-336093
Email: dhpc@druknet.bt

For the Rural Electrification Project:

Bhutan Power Corporation Limited (BPC)
Contact: General Manager
Rural Electrification Department
Post Box No. 230
Thimphu. Bhutan
Tel.No.: +975-2-333820
Fax No.: +975-2-335531
Email: gyeltshenwangdi@bpc.bt or tsheringtenzin@bpc.bt

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