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 …
The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) has expressed its serious concern over the foundation stone laying of the 600MW Kholongchu Hydroelectric Project in Bhutan. Talking to reporters here on Tuesday, AGP general secretary Durga Das Boro said Modi’s move to lay the foudation stone of the Kholongchu Hydroelectric Project in Bhutan …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s overture to derive benefits out of the hydro-powerpotential in neighbouring Bhutan by helping the Himalayan country to set up dam projects, has been opposed by the anti-dam brigades in Assam apprehending disastrous impact of these dams in Assam valley. In the backdrop of Prime Minister Narendra …
Tobacco: Unlike before, individuals caught selling, distributing, cultivating, or manufacturing tobacco and its products would not be charged under the fourth degree felony henceforth. For a first time offense, they would now have to pay a fine equivalent to a minimum of a year and maximum of 35 months of …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the project The Beki Noi Niyantran Aru Baan Sahajya Samiti(BNNABSS), a lower Assam-based organisation, which has been voicing apprehension over construction of a mega hydropower projects in Bhutan, has expressed concern over Prime Minister Narendra Modi laying the foundation stone for …
What does it mean when an Act is repeatedly amended? Failure. This is what some Assembly members felt, when discussing the tobacco control (amendment) bill. So it is with the Tobacco Control Act 2014. The National Assembly on Friday endorsed the Tobacco Control Act 2014 with 37 “yes” votes. Five …
India has agreed to build four new joint venture hydropower projects in Bhutan as the two governments agreed to closely coordinate on issues relating to their national security and interests. Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Bhutanese counterpart Tshering Tobgay in New Delhi Tuesday and agreed that India would build …
Landowners claim no compensation received for surrendered plots in biological corridor Assembly: The people of Nganglam might have to wait for some more time before the fate of the new town is decided. Fifty-five landowners from the dungkhag had submitted a petition to the dzongkhag tshogdu, saying that they received …
Development: National Assembly members yesterday decided to include the 55km Shingkhar-Gorgan road construction in the 11th Plan. Works and human settlement minister Dorji Choden said representatives from Bumthang and Lhuentse proposed for the road construction to the National Assembly is 2005. “The road was included in the 2007-2027 road master …
A research conducted by Renewable Natural Resources Research and Development Sub-Centre (RNRRDSC) in Tsirang has found that Baj and Agreem – two new wheat variety – to be more resistent to rust infection than Sonalika, the variety the farmers have been growing. Rust has been a recurrent threat to wheat …
The Livestock Statistics 2013 is the 8th series of statistics publication by the Department of Livestock (DoL) in its comprehensive effort to record information on livestock and production in the Kingdom of Bhutan. The publication is presented in two section: Section I contains livestock population and production data at Dzongkhag …
An additional financial boost of USD 17.4M was received yesterday from the World Bank’s International Development Association credit. The money would be used to finance the second urban development project, in that to improve infrastructure services in northern Thimphu and support implementation of the urbanisation policies under the 11th Plan. …
A recent study shows that an upstream dam will not affect downstream land reclamation Amochhu: While there are uncertainties surrounding the Amochhu hydro project, the Amochu land reclamation project downstream could go ahead, as the project will not be affected by a hydropower project on the same river. A recent …
The seven cows that died last week within an hour at Laylong Pam in Narang gewog, Mongar was because of an outbreak of anthrax, livestock officials confirmed on May 15. Veterinary officials had sent samples, like blood smear, from the dead animals to the regional livestock development centre (RLDC), Kanglung …
The government will propose to join the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in the upcoming National Assembly session that begins tomorrow. The cabinet decided, on May 6, the country should become a member. The agency’s mandate is to promote and adopt sustainable use of all forms of renewable energy. The …
The ministry of economic affairs will begin an independent investigation into whether Kuenphen Norden mine in Khariphu, Mewang gewog adversely impacts the five villages below it. Economic affairs minister, Norbu Wangchuk, said the ministry’s mandate was to issue or renew license of mines based on the clearances from local governments, …
A windstorm that hit three gewogs in Samtse on Sunday evening, May 11, damaged 96 homes and severely damaged the general hospital. A 40-year-old woman from Sombak village under Sangacholing gewog also died on the spot when a lightening struck her around 10 pm. Of the 96 homes affected in …
Many villagers of Trashigang and Trashiyangtse seemed doubtful about switching to biogas from liquid petroleum gas and better still, traditional wood-fed earthen stoves they used today. It is now up to masons and gewog livestock officials of the two dzongkhags to convince villagers of the use of biogas. Boasting of …
Bhutan could within a decade become the first country in the world to go wholly organic in its food production, according to key politicians in the Himalayan kingdom. Agriculture and forests minister Lyonpo Yeshey Dorji and opposition leader Pema Gyamtsho, who held the post in the previous government, say there …
Even as people in Dechenling recover from the March 19 storm, another windstorm hit the gewog at around 2am yesterday. Although major damages were not reported, the storm damaged two-storied house in Dangray village and damaged crops belonging to 20 farmers. Gewog officials are estimating the crop damage. Gewog administrative …
Villages who put in a formal complaint in 2012 that blasting works at Punatshangchhu hydropower project site damaged their structures, are still awaiting word on compensation. The villages of Rubisa, Tshogwom, Tshogoam, Daga and Athang gewogs claim that houses and irrigation channel have suffered cracks as result of blastings. Without …
