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Prime Minister Narendra Modi plans to visit Bhutan on November 11-12 as the chief guest on the occasion of the 70th birthday celebrations of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the fourth king of the Himalayan nation, and also give impetus to the bilateral development partnership through inauguration of a hydel power project.The Prime Minister is expected to inaugurate the Punatsangchhu-II Hydropower Project. Cross-border hydel power production has been the cornerstone of India-Bhutan partnership for decades.The two countries enjoy long-standing and mutually beneficial cooperation in the hydropower sector. India has constructed four major hydro-electric projects (HEPs) in Bhutan to date, totalling 2136 MW-336 MW Chukha HEP, 60 MW Kurichhu HEP, 1020 MW Tala HEP and the recently commissioned 720 MW Mangdechhu HEP. In September, India had announced two new rail links totalling 89 km between the two countries-Kokrajhar-Gelephu (Assam) and Banarhat-Samtse (West Bengal)-at a cost of ₹4,033 crore. These two projects are part of the first set of rail connectivity projects between India and Bhutan.Modi last visited the Himalayan nation in March 2024.Prime Minister of Bhutan Tshering Tobgay on Monday said that relations between India and Bhutan continue to evolve. Live EventsReferring to the cooperation between the two countries, he told a news agency, "This is being built actually on cooperation that we have enjoyed over millennia because many spiritual masters from India travelled to Bhutan or sometimes to other parts of the Himalayas and ended up in Bhutan, and if they didn't come here in person, their teachings ultimately found their home in Bhutan."Add as a Reliable and Trusted News Source Add Now! (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel) Read More News onIndia Bhutan RelationsModi Bhutan VisitHydropower Projects BhutanKing Jigme Singye Wangchuck BirthdayTshering Tobgay (Catch all the Business News, Breaking News and Latest News Updates on The Economic Times.) Subscribe to The Economic Times Prime and read the ET ePaper online....moreless (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel)Read More News onIndia Bhutan RelationsModi Bhutan VisitHydropower Projects BhutanKing Jigme Singye Wangchuck BirthdayTshering Tobgay(Catch all the Business News, Breaking News and Latest News Updates on The Economic Times.) Subscribe to The Economic Times Prime and read the ET ePaper online....moreless Prime ExclusivesInvestment IdeasStock Report PlusePaperWealth Edition123View all Stories
