- Gedu
Infobox Settlement
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subdivision_name1 =Chukha District
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population_total = 4,288
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footnotes =Gedu is a
town in south-westernBhutan . It is located inChukha District .Population 4,288 (2005 census). [cite web|url=http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&geo=-41|title=Bhutan: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population|accessdate=2008-07-11|work=World Gazetteer]
Economy
The
economy is growing quickly largely due to the Tala Hydroelectric Project Authority (THPA) project which started in 1998, which saw substantial migration to Gedu, with thousands of workers looking for jobs. cite web|url=http://www.raonline.ch/pages/bt/ecdu/bt_ecogedu01a.html|title=Gedu booms but will it last ? |accessdate=2008-07-11|work=Kuensel (Bhutan's National Newspaper)|date=2002]Infrastructure and facilities has increased within the last few years to cater for the new population. Before 1997, the town was a village with no
telephone s orSTD facilities. THPA has constructed over 840 units of apartments in the town and has spent roughly Nu 897.117 million on the buildings including the new high school for 1300 students, sports facilities and a 20-beddedhospital with five doctors serving the district.A total of 122 kilometres of roads were constructed at a cost of about Nu 1222 million, and 15 bridges in the town and the surrounding area at Nu 104.5 million. There is a new water treatment plant built in the town at the cost of Nu 30 million. The plant has a storage capacity of 707,600 litres.
References
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