From the archive record
Pasakha is an industrial town in Bhutan closed to Phunthsoling. It is already home to several large industries - Bhutan carbide and chemicals (BCCL), Bhutan ferroalloys limited (BFAL), Tashi carbon, all of which were established in the early 1990s. Other factories include the expanded and upgraded Druk cement plant and a furniture unit of the Bhutan board products limited (BBPL). More recently, Bhutan beverages company limited (BBCL) a soft drink bottling plant under the Tashi Group began commercial production this year. There are also several other small and medium-sized industries that have been established in Pasakha in the last few years. Pasakha's growth as a major industrial town would have been faster had it not been for the devastating floods of August 2000. The Basra river damaged