The Royal Kindom of Bhutan is located in the Eastern Himalayas, surrounded by China in the north, India in the South and Nepal in the East. The country is characteristic for its young and mountainous orography, which makes it particularly vulnerable to landslides triggered by heavy rains and earthquakes.
The World Bank continuing with a resilience strategy started in 2015, financed this project with aim of enhancing the resilience of Bhutan’s road network, especially in the face of natural hazards. INES achieved this by creating hazard maps of the region and developing a tool to assist the Department of Roads (DoR) in conducting risk assessments for the road infrastructure. This tool utilized asset-related data and hazard maps of the country to calculate risk scores, aiding the DoR in planning maintenance activities and implementing mitigation measures.
The tool consists of three main components:
The project was completed with a two-week training in Paro for 30 people of Bhutan’s government.
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