The Evolving Nganglam Town

 

Nganglam is a South-eastern region of the country sharing a border with Pathsala, India at Pelzomthang (Bijan Bari), Integrated Check-post (ICP). It's about 7 km drive from ICP to Nganglam Town. Nganglam is evolving at quick pace after the country's biggest Cement Plant came into existence since 2012. Ever since the project phase of Dungsam Cement Corporation Ltd. (DCCL) in 2008, the Nganglam Town simultaneously started its construction activities.

The Nganglam Town

The giant DCCL

The Town has evolved since then with shopping centers to hotels to banking services. The Town stretches in Phatoongwong area within 1 km on both left and right Bank of Nganglam River. The area is quite congested to call it a Town and one can see only few buildings but there are about eleven hotels in the hidden town. The Nganglam River has given its space of both right and left bank for the town to come up and the DCCL cement factory in Tshenkeri.
The Nganglam River 

The Nganglam Town and the DCCL factory has utilized most of the Nganglam River banks one can see many short bridges in between to cross time and again. You have to cross about five bridges to reach DCCL factory site from Nganglam Town and another two bridges from factory towards Gyelposhing highway. Infact, you will come across one unique rope bridge if you are crossing to opposite area of the town in small village. The bridge is unique that its one end foundation support is the two trees and CGI sheet floor support to be called as Tsasho Zam???? Zugad Engineering in Bhutan. My country my town.

The Tsagsho Zam with the Tree foundation 

The Dhob Bridge near DCCL Gate 

The Fuel Station is in the town and one can fuel the vehicle enroute and other fuel station is near the ICP. There are two workshops at the town and another four workshops in Tsenkeri. One new workshop is also there in Metogang about 4 km from town towards ICP. So, there are sufficient numbers of workshops in the area. If you are looking for a liquor shop and you can drive to the oldest Nganglam building area near the bridge at the left Bank of Nganglam River which is at center point of Nganglam Town. You will find a Taxi stand on the other side of the bridge. The school and the hospital is within the town area.

BOD Fuel Station at Town

The D.D Workshop at Gasheri Bali

The evolving and the small town has Guru Rinpoche Statue on the rock with glass covering structure in the town. The chorten in the main town area is good place for the spiritual minds to visit and spend time. The Dratshang in the Southern hill overlooking the Dungkhag office on the way to Panbang looks like watching and guarding the Nganglam Town over evils. The lake at the Nganglam Middle Secondary School site would be future tourist spot if it can be properly revived. The Yangbari plain about 35 km from Nganglam looks potential for Indian tourist for sightseeing and birding.

The Guru Statue
                                                           The School Lake/Gasheri Tsho

The Yangbari Manas River

Nganglam with its unique geographical location and the river flow direction of almost South to North is something interesting facts about its origin of the place. Many believe that Nganglam means the "confused path" where the river itself seems to lost it course of the flow to South just because of the small neck like ridge and had to follow the course towards Tshenkeri to the North. But other group simply agree that it's just a pass or path (Lam) to the nearest Indian border through a neck (Ngang) like hill. The name Dungsam also has its own origin where people translates from three places (Dung-village, Sam-three) of present gewogs (Decheling, Norbugang & Chokherling) or three mountains but in general it has nothing to connect with three places as Pemagatshel itself is called Dungsam Pemagatshel in the past.

So when you visit Nganglam try to see it in natural aesthetic point of view and not in a small industrial town of big a big cement factory.

                                            The Chorten at Kidu Town area

                                           The Mani Dungkar in DCCL colony


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