Bhutan Power Corporation Limited conducted a cleaning campaign to observe the ‘WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY’ 2022 by cleaning the adopted section of Chubachu Stream in Thimphu near the Chubachu substation area.
BPC has been cleaning the Chubachu stream yearly starting 2017 either on ‘WORLD WATER DAY’ or ‘WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY’. BPC adopted a 200-meter stretch of Chubachu stream near Chubachhu Power Substation to clean and maintain periodically in 2017 on the “WORLD WATER DAY”-22nd March 2017 which was launched as a pilot project to clean and maintain streams and rivers of Bhutan by the National Environment Commission Secretariat (NECS) in partnership with Bhutan Red Cross Society (BRCS), Royal Society for Protection of Nature (RSPN), Clean Bhutan, Thimphu Thromde and various stakeholders.
Environment, GIS, and Survey Division, BPC coordinated the cleaning program with about 16 volunteers from the BPC head office and collected about 20 bags of waste from the area and took them directly to the Meymey Lakha Landfill area for proper dumping. The waste collected comprised household wastes, pet bottles, old rugs and clothes, construction debris, baby diapers, sanitary pads, etc.
In continuation to the first GoLive of Sinch Contact Center, integration of BPC Web Chat, WhatsApp, and Facebook Messenger to the system is completed. Now, our valued customers can seamlessly interact with our customer service agents through the mentioned service channels in addition to our toll-free no. 1250.
With the launch of this project, we have now achieved what has been envisaged for the Omni-Channel Contact Center System requirement in BPC Digital Strategy 2020-2025.The project was developed in collaboration with Zealous Systems Pvt. Ltd.
The first cohort of one-day training on “Gender Equality and Workplace Harassment was successfully conducted by the Institute of Management Studies, Serbithang, Thimphu for BPC on May 20, 2022. The training was provided to employees (senior and mid-level) to create awareness of the concept of gender equality and harassment in the workplace which would help BPC realize the expectation outlined in the DHI Group Policy Framework on Gender Equality 2021.
BPC participated in a One-day Women’s Badminton Tournament on 30th April, 2022 at Dekiling Geog under Sarpang Dzongkhag to encourage & socialize with the women over the organization organized by WePOWER, BHSL.
A total of 16 women participated in the Badminton Doubles Tournament, 6 from BPC and 6 from other organization. The finals were played between BPC players, Ms. Namgay Lhamo & Ms. Tenzin Pelden against Mrs. Singye Wangmo & Ms. Lhachen from Gelephu. The team lost to team from Gelephu coming as runners up.
The Management and the employees of Bhutan Power Corporation Limited would like to welcome on board Dasho Kesang Deki, Secretary, Ministry of Finance as the new Chairperson of BPC’s Board of Directors.Dasho has served under various capacities and prior to her current appointment she was the Director General of the Department of National Properties. She was also appointed as one of the four Commissioners of Royal Civil Service Commission on May 21 2014.
BPC would also like to thank the out-going Chairperson Dasho Ugen Chewang for his leadership and guidance. We wish Dasho good health and a happy life ahead.