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Seventh Plan progressing well in Tashigang

Dec 18, 1993 8 mins read

The Seventh Plan may be only half way in Its second year, but in Trashigang one cannot help but notice what has been achieved. What was a far flung dzongkhag just a year ago is now a phone call or a fax away from Thimphu or any part of the world.

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