Roadscape Chronicles-Bhutan

The highways at Yontongla (between Trongsa and Bumthang) and Khadrupang to Serpang (Ura to Sengor) are currently not accessible and will remain so until further notice.

Today at Yotongla and Serpang below Thrumshingla🌨️🌨️🌨️. The highway is becoming increasingly blanketed with heavy snowfall, rendering traffic movement challenging. As the snow continues to accumulate, visibility diminishes, and the road surface becomes slippery, posing hazards for drivers navigating the route. ❄️🏔️☃️

Slope Stabilization Using the Shotcrete Grid Beam System

𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐡𝐚
In the early hours today, Punakha police apprehended four men aged 29 to 33 in Lampelri.
They were caught in a Bolero truck transporting stolen road crash barriers.
The suspects, identified as taxi driver, welder, and private workers, had travelled from Thimphu in the Bolero to commit the theft.

𝐀𝐍 𝐔𝐍𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐇-𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐚

-The terrible road condition in some parts of Trongsa and Bumthang has made driving not only a pain but also risky.

-Buses and other vehicles take longer time than usual to reach their destination. It’s worse when it rains.

-There is a road stretch between Tshangkha and Trongsa that is particularly dangerous. Narrow, muddy and slippery, vehicles- small, medium and heavy, can be seen stuck in the mud along this stretch.

-The road is so bad that we often have to make the passengers get off to push the bus out of the mud,” said a bus driver.

-A bus operator, told they are risking their lives every day.

-Another bus operator, said. “We reach our destination very late because of the bad road,”

-“We also have to spend a lot on maintenance as the bad road is causing damage to our buses,” said another bus operator.

-Two public transport buses were damaged recently and are still lying by the roadside.

-I saw an uncountable off-road cars parked along the freshly widened highway. Everyone was helpless at this time.

FACT:
The continuous rainfall and heavy traffic during the widening time made it difficult to maintain the road condition.

(𝒦𝓊𝑒𝓃𝓈𝑒𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝓌𝓈 𝒸𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇𝒶𝑔𝑒 𝒥𝓊𝓁𝓎 𝟤𝟢𝟣𝟩)

Making road distances simple for all [Of Important Towns)
(Driving Distance in Bhutan)

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The road block at Gabcha(near waterfall) is cleared and opened to traffic now.

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