Indian school drafts Bhutan urban planning

New Delhi, April 17: A Gujrat based Indian school Centre for Environment Planning and Technology (CEPT) have proposed draft plans for urban development in Bhutan.

One proposal for town planning of eastern district Samdrup Jongkhar has already been submitted while the centre expect to submit two more projects for Kanglung and Gelephu towns.

The proposal of Samdrup Jongkhar town planning has been submitted to Ministry of Works and Human Settlement recently while the proposal for two more towns will be finalised within the next six months. 

"The government of Bhutan is very pro-active and is likely to float tenders for the infrastructure development work for the city from next month. We will take up a similar project of preparing a draft on the master plan, town plan, infrastructure plan and implementation mechanism for two more cities," reports quoted an official as saying.  
 
The total cost of the project has been estimated to be around Nu 500 million to each city. Samdrup Jonkhar has around 15,000 people while the other cities have around 5,000 residents. 
 
CEPT was offered the job of preparing a draft after proposals on public transport system, solid waste management, water supply and multi-level parking were designed by its students when they got a scholarship to study Bhutan as part of their practical exposure to South-East Asian countries. Bhutan News Service