Identification of Potential Business Opportunities in Bhutan
Despite the Royal Government’s continued efforts to provide necessary enabling environment for growth of domestic industries and private sector through various means, the economy has not been able to realize the desired output. In view of the above, the Research & Policy Department, BCCI commissioned a study to identify potential business opportunities across 20 Dzongkhag’s of Bhutan. The business opportunity identified was to help substitute the imports, increase exports, generate meaningful employment for the Bhutanese and ultimately achieve the Royal Government of Bhutan’s long-standing ambition of economic self-reliance.
Following were the major scope of the assignment:
• Develop and present a detailed methodology and work plan for the assignment.
• Conduct baseline study on each Dzongkhag’s’ existing businesses and resources
• Physically visits Dzongkhag’s to scan for opportunities, conduct comprehensive stakeholder meeting with Dzongkhag’s, Gewog and rural community
• Conduct SWOT analysis for each Dzongkhag
• Conduct PESTLE analysis for the prospective business ideas
• Prepare feasibility reports for the final selected list of business ideas including financial analysis, marketing and branding strategies, identification of inputs and markets for outputs etc…
Designing and Build of Material Recovery Facility at North Thimphu
The MRF have been a part of the waste management Flagship program of the RGoB.
The proposed Material Recovery Facility (MRF) to be located in Taba, is primarily to manage wastes of the northern Thimphu Thromde including areas beyond its jurisdiction.
The principle of the proposed MRF, for the non-compostable waste is to temporarily store, to facilitate segregation, sorting and recovery of recyclables from various components of wastes. The wastes from the Drop-off Centers (DoC), Waste Collection Facilities (WCFs) and Primary Sorting and Segregation Facilities (PSSFs) is to be transferred to these MRFs. The dry fraction of the segregated materials transferred to these MRFs is to be further segregated and sent to recycling plants or Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) for waste processing and recovery. The absolute waste from these recovery facilities is to be sent for final and safe disposal (sanitary landfill or incineration). APECS consultant in association with D-Lhen Construction private limited through open competitive bidding was engaged by NEC on the Design and build model.
Following were the major scope of the assignment:
• To prepare a detailed master plan of the whole Material Recovery Facility and
associated components..
• To prepare detailed design, drawings and construct material recovery facility and other allied civil works for the unit with capacity of 40 tons per day (TPD)at Taba, Thimphu.
• To prepare the detailed architectural, structural, electrical, electromechanical design and function of MRF, plumbing, sanitation, drainage designs and drawings as per the scope of services in the list of facilities.
• To prepare detailed material specification and operation and maintenance manual of MRF
• To procure, install and commission Material Recovery Facility unit as per the requirements.
• Build all the associated components (structures) as per the design and requirements.