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Highways of Bhutan [1]. Bhutan had a total of 8,050 km (5,000 mi) of roads in 2003, 4,991 km (3,101 mi) of which were paved and 3,059 km (1,901 mi) unpaved. [2] Because of the lack of paved roads, travel in Bhutan was by foot or on mule- or horseback until 1961; the 205-kilometre (127 mi) trip from the Indian border to Thimphu took six days.
Most freight in Bhutan is moved along the highway on eight-ton 300 hp (224 kW) Tata trucks, which are often overloaded and which stress road conditions. There is a network of passenger buses, and the most common vehicle in government and private use is the four-wheel-drive pickup.
Asian Highway 48 or AH48 is a transnational route in India and Bhutan, running 276 kilometres (171 mi) from Changrabandha in India to Thimphu in Bhutan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] India
Single-digit route numbers from 1 to 9 are assigned to major Asian Highway routes which cross more than one subregion. [6] Two- and three-digit route numbers are assigned to indicate the routes within subregions, including those connecting to neighbouring subregions, and self-contained highway routes within the participating countries. [6]
Bhutan and India signed a memorandum of understanding in January 2005 to connect Bhutan with the Indian Railways network with 5 new routes in Bhutan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Additionally, the Indian Military has also identified more routes to complement the India-China Border Roads (ICBR) and negate the Siliguri Corridor 's geostrategic vulnerability, all ...
The India-Bhutan border separates two different urban areas. Jaigaon across the border is larger, bustling and loud, similar to many other West Bengal centres of commerce, albeit with many Bhutanese shoppers. Phuntsholing is uniquely more urban than other Bhutanese towns as it is the Bhutan financial, industrial and trading capital.
Toby Fischer lives in South Dakota, where just 27 doctors are certified to prescribe buprenorphine -- a medication that blunts the symptoms of withdrawal from heroin and opioid painkillers. A Huffington Post analysis of government data found nearly half of all counties in America don't have such a certified physician. So every month, Fischer and his mother drive to Colorado to pick up their ...
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