Years of waiting for promised funding and support leave Galem House Owner watching his ancestral home deteriorate
For seven years, 40-year-old Passang Dorji waited for the restoration of Changyul Bum Galem’s ancestral house in Punakha. When he first approached authorities in 2019 seeking permission to renovate the centuries-old structure himself, he said he was told that the government would support the restoration with a budget of Nu 1 million. Later, discussions around …
7/18/2026 2:20:37 AM