Swift flowing torrent in Bhutan

From the archive record

The Himalayan Rivers flow through Bhutan with mouthwatering gradients if viewed from the perspective of a hydropower company. Bhutan’s hydropower journey began with the Chukha HydroElectric Project (HEP), the country's first large hydropower project, conceived in the 1970s, and commissioned in the late 1980s. The 336 MW project on the Wangchhu river was built by India on a turnkey basis, with 60% of the capital provided as grant, the rest in the form of a concessional loan. The project is a revenue earner for Bhutan through export of electricity to India, and until a decade back contributed over a quarter of Bhutan’s total revenue. This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South