Hejo vs Denchi
About two years ago, I'd written about a group of residents in Hejo, Thimphu. Their land had been taken over by the government. But they had not accepted the government's compensation for their land. They claimed that the government's compensation rate - set by the Property Assessment and Valuation Agency, PAVA - was too low. They protested that their land, located adjacent to Thimphu's dzong and close to the capital's business center, fetched much higher prices in the market. And they pointed out that even PAVA's rates were considerably higher for land that is located further away from the…