Zhemgang has, in the past, missed the train to economic prosperity. It still hasn't boarded the train yet. When would she get to board the train?
Upper Kheng consisting of Shingkhar and Bardo geogs has remained an island. In the fading distance, the lights from vehicles plying on the Bumthang-Mongar highway is visible from middle part of Wamling in Upper Kheng. Footpaths from Thrisa, another village, leads to Mongar taking adventurous villagers to Lingmathang in Mongar. I have myself taken on several occassions Buli-Upper Kheng footpath across Malaya, perhaps the most used footpaths in all of Bhutan. Horses, men, women, school children, government officials, you name it.
In the backdrop of this scenario, a 15-km farm road was built sometime in 2007-2008 from Buli in Nangkor geog to Barkhey on the other side of the mighty Malayas, a huge mountain ridge where travellers spend most of their day's journey to Nimshong, the next village. The road was built but no vehicle has ever reached Barkhey so far, not counting the bulldozer that cut the road. This 15-km road, if usable, would cut the journey for the weary travellers by half a day. If only it is usable and if anybody is listening?
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