Saturday, September 13, 2025
  • GMC
  • Webmail
  • Contact Us
  • About BBS
  • Privacy & Policy
ENG
DZO
BBSCL Logo
  • Home
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Education
  • Announcement
  • More
    • Audience Survey Report
    • Programme
    • Radio Dzo-Channel Schedule
    • Radio Mix-Channel Schedule
Radio Live
No Result
View All Result
BBSCL logo
  • Home
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Education
  • Announcement
  • More
    • Audience Survey Report
    • Programme
    • Radio Dzo-Channel Schedule
    • Radio Mix-Channel Schedule
No Result
View All Result
BBSCL logo

Floods threaten to wipe out paddy fields in Gelegphu

October 10, 2018
in Uncategorized
Reading Time: 1 min read
0
0
SHARES
6
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

The farmers of Pelrithang Khatoed and Pelrithang Khamoed are losing their rice fields to the swollen Dowla stream. The stream disappears without a trace during the dry season but reappears in full force during the monsoon, unleashing destructions along its banks.

Fed by the monsoon rains, the stream has so far washed away or damaged almost 25 acres of paddy fields in the area.

Some of the farmers are crying foul over the lack of flood mitigation efforts. They say the gewog office has failed to do anything about it.

So, when the candidates of the two parties contesting the general election promised to carry out flood mitigation works, they were overjoyed.

“In Gelegphu Gewog, Shetikhari, Dowla and Jogi streams have washed away our paddy fields. We hope the candidates will come to our rescue,” Sonam Drakpa from Pelrithang Khatoed said.

“The water level has been rising owing to years of sand and stone deposits. Some of my fields have been rendered uncultivable by the flood, while others have been washed away,” Naku said.

“Our fields remain filled with sand and boulders. An embankment wall was built before but it’s not good enough to prevent the flood water from entering our fields,” Hari Prasad Katel from Pelrithang Khamoed said.

The candidates of both DNT and DPT have said they will do everything to help protect the lives, agricultural land and properties of the people of Pelrithang Khatoed and Pelrithang Khamoed from the floods.

Previous Post

11 commercial drivers test positive for drugs

Next Post

ECB bars DPT’s Khar_Yurung from campaigning

Next Post
ECB releases over Nu 7.6 M in campaign fund to 51 NA candidates

ECB bars DPT's Khar_Yurung from campaigning

Facilitation booth voting for general election begins

Facilitation booth voting for general election begins

Fire guts two houses in Bidung

Fire guts two houses in Bidung

Please login to join discussion

RECOMMENDED NEWS

Farmers fetch record-high price of Nu 60 per kg for potatoes at Phuentshogling FCB

Farmers fetch record-high price of Nu 60 per kg for potatoes at Phuentshogling FCB

10 months ago
522

Ensuring fire safety- Bumthang

6 years ago
3

Bhutanese economy shrinks to an all time low of -10.08 %

4 years ago
7

OAG forwards Wamrong BDBL embezzlement case to court

4 years ago
73

BROWSE BY CATEGORIES

  • Accidents (15)
  • Agriculture (497)
  • Announcement (186)
  • Audience Survey Report (1)
  • Business (777)
  • Crime/Legal (384)
  • Culture (54)
  • Development (59)
  • Disaster (59)
  • Economy (310)
  • Education (446)
  • Entertainment (20)
  • Environment (80)
  • Feature (66)
  • Featured (9)
  • Festival (85)
  • GMC (25)
  • Headlines (32)
  • Health (663)
  • HYDROPOWER (2)
  • Legal (62)
  • Literature (10)
  • Livestock (82)
  • Media (27)
  • Other Stories (5,936)
  • Politics (422)
  • RCSC (3)
  • Recent stories (21)
  • Religion (47)
  • Sci/Tech (727)
  • Social (634)
  • Sports (486)
  • Technology (203)
  • Tourism (26)
  • Uncategorized (13,876)
  • Video (142)
  • Video Story (258)
  • Wildlife (43)

BROWSE BY TOPICS

Tender Announcement Vacancy Announcement

POPULAR NEWS

  • BPC’s investigation rules out transformer short circuit as Damchhu forest fire cause

    Viral video of Bhutanese man assaulted by locals and police in Jaigaon sparks safety concerns

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Gelephu Mindfulness City opens recruitment drive for Bhutanese professionals

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Authorities link 23 TikTok accounts to online shopping-based gambling, freeze 26 other bank accounts

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Trongsa Viewpoint Resort up for auction once again

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • A centenarian’s recipe to longevity

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
BBSCL

Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS) is Bhutan’s primary national broadcaster, delivering diverse news and entertainment in multiple languages, fostering cultural understanding and public knowledge.

Follow us on social media:

Recent News

  • Urban students outperform rural peers in English, maths & science, finds National Education Assessment
  • Phuentshogling’s Amochhu bridge emerges as tourist hotspot
  • New digital and infrastructure upgrades improve learning at Khamdang LSS
  • U-17 team to compete in SAFF U-17 Championship in Sri Lanka
  • Renovation of Monggar Wengkhar’s Nagtshang heritage site to complete soon

News Category

  • Accidents
  • Agriculture
  • Announcement
  • Audience Survey Report
  • Business
  • Crime/Legal
  • Culture
  • Development
  • Disaster
  • Economy
  • Education
  • Entertainment
  • Environment
  • Feature
  • Featured
  • Festival
  • GMC
  • Headlines
  • Health
  • HYDROPOWER
  • Legal
  • Literature
  • Livestock
  • Media
  • Other Stories
  • Politics
  • RCSC
  • Recent stories
  • Religion
  • Sci/Tech
  • Social
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • Tourism
  • Uncategorized
  • Video
  • Video Story
  • Wildlife
  • GMC
  • Webmail
  • Contact Us
  • About BBS
  • Privacy & Policy

© 2024 BBSCL. All rights reserved.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Education
  • Announcement
  • More
    • Audience Survey Report
    • Programme
    • Radio Dzo-Channel Schedule
    • Radio Mix-Channel Schedule

© 2024 BBSCL. All rights reserved.