This Report of the Standing Committee on Water Resources (2021-22) deals with the action taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations contained in their Twelfth Report (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Flood Management in the Country including International Water Treaties in the field of Water Resource Management with particular Reference to …
Bhutan, in 2040, will be very different from what it is today. The transport system then needs to respond to the changing needs and demands. The Transport Integrated Strategic Vision 2040 incorporates all existing transport related plans, policies, initiatives, and actions to create a long-term comprehensive strategy for the country. …
This report is a synthesis of two Adaptation Knowledge Platform studies that sought to understand the policy contexts for addressing climate change adaptation and key conservation issues in Nepal and Bhutan. These two Himalayan countries have significant commonalities and differences. Nepal and Bhutan are both mountainous, landlocked Himalayan countries sandwiched …
The Government of Nepal, the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and partner institutions from Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal have agreed to cooperate across borders for the management of landscapes to help preserve the Hindu Kush Himalayan region’s unique biological diversity, valuable ecosystem goods and services. The cooperation …
Of the 127,942 households in Bhutan 11,049 are poor and 2,322 extremely poor the poverty assessment report (PAR) 2012 states. This means nine percent are poor and two percent extremely poor based on the new total poverty line of a minimum consumption expenditure of Nu 1,704.80 a person a month. …
Plant and flower enthusiasts have two more names to add to their list. Officials of the nature recreation and eco-tourism division and the royal botanical park at Lamperi under the forest department have recorded two new species of rhododendron last week. The department’s information and communication officer, Ugyen Tshering, said …
Bangladesh can slash greenhouse gas emissions by around 22 per cent by 2020 through introducing a variety of clean technologies that would cost less than $10 per tonne of carbon-dioxide equivalent, according to a study from the Asian Development Bank. ‘In Bangladesh, the sea level is predicted to rise 45 …
Samples exceeded the US FDA provisional total tolerable intake levels Agriculture officials in the country have been surprised to hear that samples of rice exported to the United States from Bhutan contain harmful levels of lead. The research, led by Dr Tsanangurayi Tongesayi of Monmouth University in New Jersey, analysed …
Bangladesh and Arunachal Pradesh have discussed several measures for better management of the Brahmaputra River for mutual benefit, official sources said on Saturday. Arunachal Pradesh Water Resources Development Minister Newlai Tingkhatra during a meeting in Itanagar on Friday with the visiting Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Tariq A Khan discussed …
This Alternative Renewable Energy Policy aims to promote the following clean RE technologies: solar (both PV and thermal), wind, bio-energy, geo-thermal, pico/micro/mini/small hydro and waste to energy (WTE). This Policy shall cover, inter alia, the following areas of RE interventions: Stand-alone systems, Decentralized Distributed Generation (DDG) systems, Grid-connected RE systems, …
The Bhutan Living Standards Survey (BLSS) 2012 Report summarizes the results of the household survey undertaken by the National Statistics Bureau with assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The report presents the analysis on the progress of Bhutan in improving their people's lives in terms of health, education, employment, …
The largely ADB-funded project will possibly be floated some time later this year Residents, living near the existing open-air sewage treatment ponds at Babesa, will have to wait another five years for the not so pleasant odour in the vicinity to go away. This is because the high tech sewage …
Members of Parliament, civil society organisations and campaigners from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka marched towards the SAARC secretariat in Kathmandu on Tuesday demanding ‘Right to Sanitation for All.’ Calling upon the SAARC countries to ‘Speak in One Voice’ at the 18th SAARC summit to be held …
Should that work, it will bring in an additional USD 250,000 for other landslide-prone areas across the country With approaching monsoon months, landslides and roadblocks along highways cutting across the country’s steep topography impends. Of the many landslide-prone stretches across the country, the one at Rinchending, the main link of …
Civil society representatives from South Asian countries here on Monday adopted a charter of demands, pressing the governments in the region to improve sanitation services for the entire population of their respective countries, especially for the marginalised and the women. Citizens from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka …
Bangladesh and Bhutan are likely to finalise the draft agreement on transit between the two countries during the secretary-level meeting to be held in the capital tomorrow. Commerce Secretary Mahbub Ahmed will lead the home side while the 10-member Bhutanese team to be led by Secretary of the Ministry of …
Bangladesh has finalised the draft of the transit agreement with Bhutan with a provision of providing transit through land, rail, air and waterways and imposing fees and charges for using its infrastructure, officials concerned said. Commerce ministry has proposed to the landlocked Bhutan to sign the agreement initially for ten …
More than 900 trees have been felled so far for the re-construction of Wangdue Dzong, a national treasure, which went up in flames on June 24 last year. Of the total, 400 trees of mixed conifer were felled in Phobjikha gewog, 50 cypress trees in Dangchu gewog, 70 champ trees …
Indians are living longer than before, but illness and disability of a very high order and relatively early death remain severe health care challenges. What should concern health care planners and providers is that India is lagging behind many of its South Asian neighbours, including China, in key health parameters. …
Dengue poses a substantial economic and disease burden in Southeast Asia (SEA). Quantifying this burden is critical to set policy priorities and disease-control strategies.
The West Bengal government has sought permission from the Centre to take part in construction of hydro projects in neighbouring country Bhutan. The state wants its power distribution company, West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Co Ltd (WBSEDCL), be given permission to take up hydro projects in Bhutan. Till now, only …
