The Bhutanese Leading the way.
On 3 April, the National Speaker, Jigme Tshultim gave a speech on the workings of a democracy and how laws have been implemented and enacted so far. The meeting was held at the Dzongkhag Tshogdu hall at Damphu, Tsirang. It was attended by Dzongkhag sector heads, Gewog Administration Officers (GAO), …
Read More »Training Tshogpas on local governance
The Tshogpas from Wangchang, Lungnyi Hungrel, and Shapa will gather at the gewog conference hall in Wangchang geog today for a discussion with the Department of Local Governance (DoLG). They will be joined by their Gewog Administrative Officers. The tshogpas will be briefed about their responsibilities towards their respective chiwogs. …
Read More »Literacy rate data collection in progress
All the Gewog Administration Officers (GAO) are collecting literacy rate data of the age group 13 years and above. It started on 16 April and is being done in all the gewogs of Tsirang. By the end of the month the data has to be submitted to the Ministry of Education (MoE). “We visit each gewog and we try …
Read More »Three farm roads to boost organic farming
To boost pure organic farming of buckwheat and wheat, three farm roads havebeen constructed in Ura gewog, Bumthang so far. A 3.2 km farm road was constructed in Pangkhar Chiwog for which the villagers contributed labor. The gewog was provided with an excavator for free by the government but the fuel is bought from the community budget of Nu 1 …
Read More »Road repair leads to irrigation channel damage
Repair works on the road which leads to Dago Phug goenpa has led to damaged irrigation channels and hume pipes which were at the sides. These irrigation channels and hume pipes fed water to the fields of around 20 village households. The people in the village have taken the matter to the dzongkhag but no response was received.
Read More »Mule track completed in two days
A mule track near Khandupang in Ura gewog took just two days to complete.The track is on the way to Zhemgang near Thrumshingla and was constructed by villagers who were paid Nu 160 per day.A total of Nu 0.2 mn was spent to complete the track. “Around 196 households from the gewog is benefitted by the track”, said the Gewog …
Read More »Farm road to alleviate wildlife fears
A 350-km farm-road was inaugurated around twoweeks back from Nobgang to Thruelum . The estimated budget for the farm road is Nu 0.2 mn and is expected to benefit 38 households. “Villagers used to walk one to two hours to reach the nearest road point which is usually covered by thick forest during monsoon and there used to be threats …
Read More »30 Households involved in Thram disputes
Out of 365 households in Gozhi gewog, 30 of them are involved in disputes over thrams.According to Gozhi Gup Prem Kumar Dahal, the gewog administration is updating the thrams with the help of National Land Commission(NLC) officials.All the land records, the arrangement of buyers and purchaser of lands were accurately recorded since then.There was one situation where two brothers had a …
Read More »Irrigation channel tops list of “to-dos”
A proper irrigation channel featured top on the list of agendas discussed for the 11th Five Year Plan. A 10.95-km farm road from Horong to the gewog centre was completed after works commenced in 2009 but some more farmroads remain to be constructed.
Read More »Construction of Renewable Natural Resources office underway
A Renewable Natural Resource (RNR) office construction is underway at Pasarling gewog right below the gewog office. The works started three months ago and will end in May. A budget of Nu 1.7 mn was allocated for it. “The site is not the right one for a RNR office but …
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