LOCAL NEWS

  New farm road nears completion The construction of the new farm road starting from the Gewog Center to Ghumley School that started in January 2012 is scheduled to be complete by May 2013. As per the Gewog Administration, a budget of Nu 5.6mn was allocated for the construction of …

New water supply in the gewog   A new water supply has been constructed in the gewog in Phuentshogang chiwog with the budget of Nu 597,000. Almost 90%of developmental activities for this financial year are complete in the gewog and in the meantime the gewog is constructing a new suspension …

Samdrup Jongkhar residents complain about mobile connectivity Residents in the dzongkhag say mobile connectivity has been on an erratic overdrive which has resulted in severe inconvenience for everyone. The border district had faced the situation for almost two days last week. The cause has been rooted to heavy rainfall and …

Annual Sports Day at Tshangkha LSS Tshangkha Lower Secondary School will observe its Sports day today where students from classes PP till VIII will participate in various events on the day. The day will start with a Marchang ceremony and later the students will take part in a march past. …

Activities completed in the gewog Six kilometers of rural water supply scheme (RWSS) has been constructed in Tashipangna with the budget of Nu 12.5mn. The gewog’s lhakhang is also under maintenance with the budget of Nu 80, 000. Five kilometers of irrigation channel has also been newly constructed with the …

Two Lhakhangs for the financial year For this financial year, Bardo gewog is left with construction of  Khomchar Lhakhang and Digala Lhakhang. As of now, 90% of the works have been completed. The construction work on Khomchar Lhakhang was started three years back with the budget of more than Nu …

Development activities completed in the gewog A new Outreach Clinic (ORC) has been newly constructed in the gewog with the budget of Nu 130,000. The rural water supply scheme (RWSS) which was under maintenance in Zemto, Tshioto and Goempa chiwogs has finally been constructed with the gewog’s administrative budget. The …

New community Information centre in the gewog A new community information centre (CIC) has been constructed in the gewog where the people awaited its construction from a long time ago. The budget allocated was Nu 1mn as per the contract given by the gewog’s administration. The farm roads have all …

Development activities completed in the gewog The Kinzangchoeling lhakhang in the gewog which was under maintenance for a long time has finally been completed and the people in the gewog are happy with it. The budget allocated for the work is Nu 700,000. There are a total of four and …

Reconstruction of old lhakhangs begin Reconstruction of Jongthang Lhakhang and Yelu Lhakhang are still under way. The works on Jongthang Lhakhang started in February this year and should be completed by February 2014. The budget for it is Nu 10.5mn funded by Civil Society Organizations. The Jongthang Lhakhang  will benefit 32 …