Logo of RGP Where is Panbang? the very first question I am likely to get if i mention River Guides of Panbang (RGP). My answer would be; A lovely village located in the sub-tropial belt of Bhutan nestled between Royal Manas National Park in Bhutan and Manas Tiger Reserve in India. The place is blessed with two mighty rivers of Bhutan, Mangde Chu and Drangme Chu. During the earlier phase of settlement, in the absence of permanent bridge, people traveling from Panbang where crossing Drangme Chu river on a boat like structure made by bamboo- locally known as Pan. People believe that the name of Panbang was thus coined. Elderly people from the locality has many stories to tell on how thick the bamboo forests in that area used to be densely inhabited by wild Elephants and other animals. However, with the coming of visionary well wisher from Japan, Late Dasho Nishokha in 1970s- started to transform the area for good. He was the one who divided the land equally within the local communiti...
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