Bhutan's Economic Affairs Minister Loknath Sharma held a meeting with officials from Druk Green Power Corporation and the ongoing hydropower projects, including Punatsangchhu I and II through video conferencing to discuss the possibilities of reopening critical works in a self-contained mode.

He told Kuensel that the meeting discussed the possibility of isolating workers for carrying out isolated works that can be done during the lockdown by following the Covid-19 safety protocols. A few critical works that need to be done daily, he said, are being done even today.

The projects, he said, were not mixed with any community and that he was of the view that the critical project activities should be continued.

Lyonpo said that the projects would submit a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), which will be submitted to the national Covid-19 taskforce for approval.

The projects, he said, would also submit lists of works that were doable by following the Covid-19 safety measures.

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