No one knows when exactly, the tiny village, with just about 12 people came into existence. Located in Monggar Dzongkhag under Salambi Gewog, Salipong village is unique to its true sense.
The Nu.4 million worth irrigation channel in Radhi gewog under Trashigang Dzongkhag was to make the dreams of farmers come true. Built between Yudhiri to Jomodungsa, the four-kilometer irrigation channel was expected to enable farmers to cultivate even during winter. It was also expected to solve water problem.
The farm roads have benefitted many people in the rural pockets of the country. But a gewog called Gongdue in Monggar has a different story. The people of the gewog are living in constant fear of being buried under landslides.
People of Bartsham and Bidung in Trashigang are at loggerheads over a community forest. The forest has been an issue for over three years now.
Plastic bottles make up a huge part of waste that is generated in the country. But “there are ways to make the most of every bottle’ – say students of Mendrelgang Middle Secondary School in Tsirang. And the school is not just providing lip-service. It has, in fact, built a raft using a little over 600 pet bottles that were thrown away.
The poultry cooperatives of Tsirang and Sarpang have come together to form the first Regional Poultry Federation in the country, at a three day workshop, that began in Gelephu, today.
The town representative of Gyalpoizhing in Monggar, Gembo, is being accused of spreading Giant African Land Snails to Lingmithang and Threthangbi. After the outbreaks of snails in Gyalpoizhing this summer, people from nearby places, said that the town representative is not doing enough to control snail population of his town.
Tshewang Tenzin, who once suffered from drug addiction, has had his share of pain and suffering while on his journey to recovery.
The villagers of Gedawom in Thimphu are blaming the increasing mining activities and the new settlements within the community for the acute shortage of irrigation water.
It is the wrath of our deity, they said. The disaster is a consequence they are suffering for failing to appease their local deity, the villagers believe.
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