Residents of Bajo town and those residing in the town’s periphery in Wangdue Phodrang will have to wait for another two years to access safe drinking water. This is because the district officials didn’t submit the project’s proposal to the government on time. Moreover, the government and the erstwhile Gross National Happiness Commission recommended the district carry out the project in the next Five-Year Plan.
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Not everyone is rejoicing at the news of border reopening. In Samdrup Jongkhar, in just over a week since borders reopened, the automobile workshops have lost most of their customers to workshop owners across the border. This has become a cause of concern, especially for workshop employees who fear that they might lose their jobs.
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The 24 scouts on the 35-day Trans Bhutan Trail trek reached Bumthang yesterday afternoon. With this, the team has covered more than half of the trail’s 403-kilometre distance.
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To encourage entrepreneurship and provide hands-on practice to the students, Tangmachu Central School in Lhuentse inaugurated a Chips Production Unit in the school yesterday. The Production Unit will be operated by Student Business Seedling Club to process potato chips and other food items which will hit the market soon. The club which started last year has 25 members.
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A farm road plays a crucial role in villages. But the 11-kilometre Dungchhilo-Telung farm road hasn’t been serving its purpose for the people of Dechhenling Gewog in Pema Gatshel. The farm road experiences constant landslides on some portion of the stretch every rainy season creating inconveniences. The farmers are now asking the gewog administration to realign the road.
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