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Once complete, the De-suung National Service Water Project will benefit around two hundred households of Chhubesa Kidu Settlement in Goenshari Gewog, Punakha. The beneficiaries are people from Lunana who used to migrate to Punakha to get away from the harsh cold winters. 

The Gomphu Kora Lhakhang in Trashi Yangtse which is regarded as one of the sacred sites of Guru Rinpoche in the east is in dire need of renovation. Most of its pillars and planks have been damaged by insects for almost five years now. The walls too have developed cracks due to several earthquakes in the past.

The number of people seeking rehabilitation support at the Chithuen Phenday Association has increased since the pandemic hit the country. The increase is attributed to series of lockdowns in the country. It is also because most of the substance abusers could not go to India for rehabilitation due to the pandemic. 

Five handicraft products were awarded the Seal of Excellence certificate during the fifth Bhutan Seal Award function held yesterday.  It is the highest number of award for Seal of Excellence since the inception of the award function in 2009.

The Desuung National Service Water Project has now become a household name. People admire their work. They have solved water shortage problems in many places across the country. This time, they are at Debsi in Thimphu for yet another project.

Would you ever think of turning on the radio for COVID-19 information or use it to communicate with people in your village about your culture? Well, that's exactly what people of Dechhen Pelri in Sarpang do.

Trongsa has remained without a medical shop for almost a year now. The owner of the Trongsa town's lone medical shop left around a year ago to set up a bigger shop in Thimphu. 

People living in the gewogs always complain of running from one office to another to get approvals for everything. The situation has improved in some places in the last few years. And this time, it is the residents of Draagteng Gewog in Trongsa, who will be enjoying this benefit.

The Eastern COVID-19 Task Force and Nganglam Dungkhag COVID-19 Task Force decided to impose a fine of Nu 5 M on Heruka Security Service based in Thimphu for breaching COVID-19 safety protocols. The task forces found that the source of COVID-19 transmission in Nganglam was a breach of safety protocols by the company's security personnel at the DCCL containment zone. 

People in the rural community of  Gelegphu and Chuzergang wants a separate site along the Mao river bed to extract sand and stone. They said buying sand and stone at revised rate from the NRDCL is expensive.