With reference to Notice Inviting Tender no.  BPC/DS/DCD/CWD/Nakulo-08/2020/284, dated December, 2020, regarding the“Up-gradation of Road (without blacktopping) at Nakulo, Simtohkha” (Estimated Cost: 11.00 million), BPC would like to inform that submission & opening of bidding document for aforementioned work has been extended till 15.01.2021, on or before 12:00 Hrs. All submitted bids will be opened on same day at 14:30Hrs at BPC Board Room, 4^th Floor, BPC HQ Building, Thimphu.

Senior Manager

This is to notify you that, it is our intention to award the contract for your Bid dated 17/11/2020 for the execution of the “Construction of the RRM Cable Trench for Jigmeling Industrial Park, Sarpang” to M/s Dungkar Company Pvt. Limited.

We are pleased to inform all our valued customers that the BPC Management and Board has approved the waiver of late payment surcharge to all low voltage (LV) customers for the lockdown period and also for the electricity bills prepared on average consumption basis but not delivered.

Therefore, electricity bills of all LV customer with due date falling within the lockdown period and electricity bills prepared on average consumption basis but not been delivered shall be considered for the waiver of late payment surcharge as follows:

1. Bills already cleared: If customer has already paid the electricity bills with penalty amount, the penalty amount so paid shall be credited in the future bills.
2. Bills not cleared: If customer has not paid the electricity bills,the current bill shall be corrected and the customer shall pay the corrected bill within the due date to avoid further penalty.

BPC Management

The Bhutan Power Corporation Limited, Electricity Services Division, Wangdue will be carrying out test charging of newly constructed distribution lines and substations in the following places under Daga Gewog, Wangdue Dzongkhag and shall remain charged thereafter.

1. Babshey: 12^th October 2020

2. Ngaba & Doluwa: 14th October 2020

Therefore, the public are advised to keep themselves and their livestock away from vicinity of newly constructed lines & substation to avoid electrical hazards.

BPC shall not be responsible for any mishap for noncompliance to this notification please.

Jomotshangkha Dungkhag under Samdrupjongkhar Dzongkhag, located at the south-eastern corner of the country, shares its border with Assam and Arunachal Pradesh in India. The three gewogs of the Dungkhag, namely Langchenphu, Serthi and Lauri had to stay without electricity supply for 18 days starting from 10^th September 2020. The supply could be restored only on 27^th September 2020. The supply interruption affected a total of 2645 customers.

The electricity to Jomotshangkha Dungkhag is supplied through a 33 kV line emanating from the 132/33 kV substation in Phuntshothang (Bhangtar). With over 260 km in length and traversing through rugged terrain, dense vegetation and several river on the way, the line has 175 transformers connected to it.

When the above line tripped on 10^th September 2020 at around 9:22 pm, the electricity supply to all three gewogs under Jomotshangkha got interrupted. Early morning on the following day, two teams were dispatched for patrolling the line, one from Phuntshothang and other from Jomotshangkha to find out the fault. The patrolling effort was hampered in the initial two days due to continuous downpour and swollen rivers and extra reinforcement had to be made.