To: The Director
    The Project Director
    The Area Manager, Area 1
    Division of Telecommunications, Thimphu, Bhutan

From:JOCV Volunteer, OSP
      Division of Telecommunications, Thimphu, Bhutan

Dear Sir,
 

I would like to present a report on my job, what I have achieved and am going to do. Thank you for reading it.

1.What did I do in the last half year? (July - December, 98)

A. Produced a drawing of the Haa exchange area.
   I visited Haa for 2 days in August 1998, and surveyed the new local cable routes, lengths, and DP-Box sites. After I came back to Thimphu I produced a drawing. A copy is included with this report.

B. Collected region diagrams.
   I tried to collect region diagrams in order to attach them to a Local Network Map of Bhutan, which I am making. As a result I received 4 region diagrams, Tongsa, Jakar, Samdrup-Jongkhar, and Pemagatsel, which cover 2 areas.

C. Produced a drawing of underground information in Thimphu.
  As per a request of the Public Works Division I produced a map detailing the underground information for a specific part of Thimphu. A copy is included with this report.

D. Producing a Local Network Map of Bhutan.
    I am producing a Local Network Map of Bhutan, particularly Thimphu Distribution Point Box chart and Thimphu exchange MDF system drawing. A copy is included with this report.

2.What am I going to do for final half year? (January - June, 99)

  I am going to make an effort to complete the Local Network Map of Bhutan by the end of March. It will consist of 200 pages and have the following contents.

  A. Thimphu Outside Plant Map ( 48 pages )
     This will be a basic map to indicate the outside of theexchange, for instance how the cables are going from the exchange to the Distribution Point Box, where the cables are buried, and where the exact DP-Boxes are placed.

  B. Thimphu Cabinet detail information drawing ( 34 pages )
     This will show the inside of the Cabinets.

  C. Thimphu Joint Box detail information drawing ( 30 pages )
     This will show the inside of the Joint Boxes and the Primary Cables.

  D. Thimphu Primary Cable system drawing ( 12 pages )
     This will detail Primary Cable information.

  E. Thimphu underground pipe drawing ( 4 pages )

  F. Thimphu Distribution Point Box chart ( 10 pages )
     This will detail one by one each DP-Box.

  G. Thimphu exchange MDF room system drawing ( 4 pages )
     This will show the arrangement of terminals in the MDF room in the exchange.

  H. Outside Plant Maps of the suburbs of Thimphu ( 8 pages )
     These will consist of 4 maps covering Simtokha, Lungtenphu, Taba, and Dechencholing.

  I. Region diagrams of Bhutan ( 38 pages )
    These will consist of 8 region diagrams, Paro, Punakha, Wangdue-Phodrang, Haa, Tongsa, Jakar, Samdrup-Jongkha, and Pemagatshel exchange areas.

  J. Cable Colourcode charts ( 5 pages )
    These will show the two kinds of cable, Indian switchboard cable colourcode, and Japanese cable colourcode.

  K. Others ( 7 pages )
    These will include a table of contents, recommendation, and comments.

I feel that it is important to keep an exact record as detailed above for the Division of Telecommunications. Because the amount ofequipment of the local network is increasing day by day, without any record, nobody will be able to plan the next project for the next generation. I suppose that a human's memory can not be used for planning because of its limit.
I also feel that it is necessary for every OSP staff to have such information. It is useful to have for construction, maintenance, searching, planning, and understanding.
For these reasons, I am going to make an effort to consider the OSPstaff's needs. I would like as many people as possible to read it and understand more the existing local network systems.
After completing the original prints, I will give a print shop an order for the 120 copies of presswork and bookbinding, and hope to distribute all to the executives and all the OSP staff in the Division of Telecommunications.