Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Bhutan on November 11-12 in what will be his fourth visit to the Himalayan kingdom since 2014, official sources confirmed to The Tribune on Friday.

The visit, expected to coincide with the 70th birthday celebrations of Bhutan’s former King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, will carry both ceremonial and developmental significance, featuring key infrastructure inaugurations and cultural engagements.

According to sources, the highlight of the visit will be the inauguration of the 1,020 MW Punatsangchhu-II hydropower project, a major Indo-Bhutan collaboration financed through Indian grants and loans. The project is expected to boost Bhutan’s electricity generation capacity and increase its clean-energy exports to India — a cornerstone of the two count

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