Thimphu City Corporation’s (TCC) double-bin garbage disposal project was first piloted in Chubachu from where it was moved to the minister’s enclave in Motithang and finally Changjiji housing colony but the feasibility of the public-private partnership project remains a question if it is to be implemented across the capital. The …
Read More »Tracing the footsteps of cordyceps collectors
Spring is a season of opportunities for Bhutanese nomads living in the northern fringes of the country. But the opportunities are hard-earned. Cordyceps (“Yatsagunbub”) collectors don’t have it easy when they go looking for the “fungus-worm” but then they are not ones to give up easily. Preparation is done many …
Read More »Baseline survey for integrated solid waste management underway
The National Environment Commission (NEC) is developing a Waste Management Strategy which will be ready by the end of this year. For this, a baseline survey is underway in five dzongkhags across the country to analyze the waste situation. The Royal Society for Protection of Nature (RSPN) in collaboration with …
Read More »Layaps want road from Gasa Tsachhu, authorities against it reportedly due to environment reasons
layaps will be connected by a road till Trongshu drak, a three-hour walk from Laya by next year, but the nomad community is not exactly jubilant. “We would be happy, if the road to connect Laya community would start from Gasa Hot spring (Tsachhu),” said Laya Gup Kinley Dorji …
Read More »Application for a second animal feed unit caught in environment clearance red tape
A proposal for a second animal feed unit for Bhutan, proposed by two entrepreneurs in the East, is still on paper after the National Environment Commission (NEC) rejected it saying their environment impact report was not satisfactory. Their proposal was submitted last December following a rising demand for a feed …
Read More »Layaps complain environment survey delaying road
The practise of hoarding in Laya is expected to end as a road till Trongshu drak, a three-hour walk from the gewog, is expected to be completed soon. But Gup Kinley Dorji over the phone from Laya said that an environmental survey of the road was delaying its completion. Although …
Read More »TCC gets tough on sewage management
Thimphu sewage lines are literally bursting at the seams, with sewage flowing out into the main streets and corner alleys but now the Thimphu City Corporation (TCC) will be taking strict measures to allay the problem. House owners usually visit the sewage office when their sewage tanks are full and …
Read More »HEHE walkers, threatened to silence by road rage, to return soon
The project Helping Environment, Health and Economy (HEHE), initiated with much enthusiasm by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests (MoAF) in August 2008 has made little impact, with the number of car users continuing to shoot up in recent years, even posing threats to pedestrians. The MoAF staff headed by …
Read More »City cuts down sickening trees including cypress and poplar
The Thimphu Thromde together with the Department of Forest and the Natural Resource Development Corporation Ltd, (NRDCL) are cutting down poplar and cypress trees in the city. The trees emit toxic gases and were apparently causing health problems like skin diseases, eye infections and allergy to people. The trees disturbing …
Read More »In Gasa, community forests mean business
The sum of Nu 21, 240 may not sound big these days. But for the members of Genrab Cithuen Community Forest (CF) in Khame gewog, Gasa dzongkhag, it is a fortune, after they earned the amount from the sale of non-wood forest products, the highest generated from any community forest …
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