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Bhutan’s planned economic zone faces claims over land tied to past expulsions

Bhutan’s planned economic zone faces claims over land tied to past expulsions

Bhutan wants to build an economic zone called Gelephu Mindfulness City.

The government is looking for investors.

In the 1990s, it expelled nearly 100,000 Nepalis from the area where the zone is planned.

Claims for damage by displaced residents could create a risk for the project.

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