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 …
Preventable diseases like diarrhoea, skin infections and conjunctivitis are still among the top 10 diseases in Bhutan, according to the annual health bulletin (AHB), 2009. Last year, 266,164 cases of common cold were recorded across the country, as compared to 54,781 in 2007. Diarrhoea cases also more than doubled in …
Forestry officials in Thimphu are still investigating the extent of damage caused by the forest fire that razed blue pine forest above the Tandin Nye, Thimphu, for two days. The fire started around 1:30 pm on Sunday by a labourer trying to join a broken water pipe using fire to …
To address the shortage of medical specialists in the country, the health ministry on April 16 launched two telemedicine projects, where an expert from India can diagnose and advise on the complex case of a critically ill Bhutanese patient
Bamboos dying in large numbers on the hills of Jarey gewog in Lhuentse worry villagers, who depend on the plant for roofing and other domestic purposes. About 150 houses in the gewog with 221 households have bamboo roofing, while others use bamboo to roof animal sheds and make products for …
NEW DELHI: Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) has bagged Rs. 688 crore order for 1,200 MW Punatsangchhu-I hydro electric project in Bhutan. The project is located on river Punatsangchhu. According to a company release here, the project involves the construction of a head race tunnel, surge shaft, butterfly valve chamber, pressure …
A massive landslide yesterday around 1 pm at Takti, on the Phuentsholing-Thimphu highway, killed a Dantak site supervisor on the spot and swept away a tipper truck with its driver and assistant. Project Dantak
This study aims to document the medicinal plants, their uses and the various formulations in Shershong village, which falls under Bumdeling Wildlife Sanctuary.
Bhutan and India have agreed to a final list of 10 hydropower projects with a total capacity of 11,576 MW to be constructed in Bhutan by 2020. This was decided during the visit of the economic affairs minister Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk to India recently. Of the 10, six projects with …
The fires damaged hundreds of acres of forest. No casualties or loss of livestock reported. Thimphu Hongtsho fire destroyed 500 acres Genekha fire ravaged 400 acres Haa Fire near Janadingkha lhakhang in Katsho gewog , damaged forty acres of blue pine Punakha Fires in Limbukha and Mendrelgang damaged 50 acres …
India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bhutan have planned a total of 552 hydropower projects in Himalayan region, of which some have already been built and some are under construction, that may have far-reaching impacts on downstream Bangladesh, informed sources said. Himalayan region is the centre point from where scores of small …
Professor Bruno Messerli, together with the team at ICIMOD made a tangible proposal for the long-term preservation of Himalayan genetic heritage: to select four representative
International World Water Day is held annually on 22nd March as recommended at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). It serves as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. Each year, World Water Day …
22 January, 2009 - More than 50 experts from India, Pakistan, Nepal, UK, Switzerland, Thailand and Bhutan have gathered in Paro to discuss glacial lake outburst, its threats and prevention measures. For Bhutan whose very survival depends on the stability of the lakes, officials say it is a much-needed workshop. …
This manual provides the materials needed to deliver a basic training in access and benefit sharing (ABS) of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge as provided for under the Convention on Biological Diversity. The background, key components and procedures, and obligations, rights, and responsibilities of the different actors involved are …
After reports of China trying to divert the waters of Brahmaputra, now friendly Bhutan has been found releasing excess river water to India causing heavy floods in the down stream North East. Large quantities of water had been released by Bhutan from various hydro-electric projects such as Tala, Chukha and …
