Shingkhar-Gorgan road discussion is stale: minister

Unless the Parliament amends the Forest and Nature Conservation Act 1995, works and human settlement minister Dorji Tshering said Shingkhar-Gorgan road won’t materialise. 

National Council (NC) member from Lhuentse, Tempa Dorji, during the question-answer session at NC yesterday enquired on the status of the pledged national highway. 

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