Developmental priorities in Bhutan.
This is an image still that shouldn’t be acceptable in 2026 in Bhutan. Not at all.
It was very disheartening to read the loss of lives due to the rope line snap. We can blame the poor quality of cable, the lack of SOPs, the lack of training by the operators and we can blame the state for the rope line. But the rope line was the only alternative in the absence of a bridge. A bridge that got washed away recently. Which means that the bridge itself was a temporary measure. A measure to restore connectivity for the time being. Which means that a permanent bridge would have mitigated the entire thing. This is inexcusable. We spend billions on pool vehicles, workshops and conferences. We spend millions on useless infrastructure. But we cannot on such vital infrastructure. A bridge spanning the whole river bed is needed and we need to do it either by ourselves or we need to ask JICA. Simple.
PS- don’t blame MPs. They win by making promises.