Tuesday, May 13, 2025
  • Contact Us
  • About BBS
  • Privacy & Policy
ENG
DZO
BBSCL Logo
  • Home
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Education
  • More
    • Announcement
    • Programme
    • Radio Dzo-Channel Schedule
    • Radio Mix-Channel Schedule
Radio Live
No Result
View All Result
BBSCL logo
  • Home
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Education
  • More
    • Announcement
    • Programme
    • Radio Dzo-Channel Schedule
    • Radio Mix-Channel Schedule
No Result
View All Result
BBSCL logo
Radio LIVE

DNT pledges to blacktop farm roads and recruit medical experts, Chhoekhor_Tang bye-election

October 27, 2020
in Uncategorized
Reading Time: 2 mins read
0
0
SHARES
1
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

The Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa’s Party (DNT) President Dr Lotay Tshering and its candidate for the Chhoekhor_Tang bye-election, Dawa, started the election campaign from Chhoekhor Gewog yesterday. Blacktopping farm roads and recruiting medical experts are some of their pledges.

The DNT’s President promised to blacktop the farm roads of Chhoekhor Toed and Dhur. At the moment, the roads are poorly maintained. Dr Lotay Tshering also pledged to equip the district hospital with four medical experts among others.

“Candidate Dawa told me that there are mobile network issues for yak herders in Chhoekhor Toed. For that, we will establish a network tower. We will also blacktop the farm road even though it doesn’t qualify for blacktopping but we will do it as an additional capital work. We will also send a gynaecologist, a paediatrician, a surgeon and a medical specialist to Wangdicholing Hospital. We will also upgrade Zhabjethang Primary School to a boarding-primary school if the people demand,” pledged Dr Lotay Tshering, the President of DNT.

Some people questioned if the pledge of blacktopping the farm roads is reasonable.

“Dhur road is a logging-based road as of now. It has to be converted into a farm road first and then into a feeder road to be eligible for blacktopping. On top of that, I heard that there must be a few construction or manufacturing projects nearby, so we are not sure if the blacktopping budget would be really sanctioned,” said Tshering Dorji, from Dhur under Chhoekhor in Bumthang.

“We hope to get our farm road blacktopped properly whoever gets elected. Parties have been pledging about blacktopping the road for a very long time now,” added Tashi, from Nangsiphel, under Chhoekhor.

The DNT’s candidate, Dawa said the roads can be considered for blacktopping as most people of Chhoekhor Gewog live in upper Chhoekhor.

“Though these roads are classified as farm roads, they should be eligible for blacktopping as the gewog office is near Bumthang town and not even a kilometre of the road had to be blacktopped. Moreover, a huge percentage of the gewog population live in Dhur and Chhoekhor Toed,” said Dawa, the DNT’s Candidate.

The DNT will campaign in Tang and Bumthang town today.

The Election Commission approved the participation of the DNT’s Party President in the campaign for two days. The commission earlier issued a notification disallowing travels, public gatherings or official tours by any Member of Parliament or party official to the constituency during the election period.

Kipchu

Previous Post

Hazelnut yield increases in Monggar

Next Post

His Majesty The King grants Dashain Tika to representatives of the Hindu Community of Bhutan

Next Post

His Majesty The King grants Dashain Tika to representatives of the Hindu Community of Bhutan

Need for more research on plants and insects in the country

Sixteen students undergoing treatment for peripheral neuropathy, Gelegphu

Please login to join discussion

RECOMMENDED NEWS

Community Engagement Platform (Nangzom) proving effective

4 years ago
23

Building capacity of CSOs

6 years ago
2
Need for adequate rehab facilities in the country

NA rejects recommendations to provide financial independence to the ACC

6 years ago
2

Bhutan’s faith in the UN remains unwavering, Lyonchhen

6 years ago
1

BROWSE BY CATEGORIES

  • Accidents (14)
  • Agriculture (415)
  • Announcement (171)
  • Business (731)
  • Crime/Legal (361)
  • Culture (41)
  • Development (48)
  • Disaster (56)
  • Economy (268)
  • Education (401)
  • Entertainment (11)
  • Environment (52)
  • Feature (65)
  • Featured (6)
  • Festival (77)
  • GMC (11)
  • Headlines (7)
  • Health (610)
  • Legal (51)
  • Literature (9)
  • Livestock (73)
  • Media (23)
  • Other Stories (5,433)
  • Politics (418)
  • RCSC (1)
  • Recent stories (7)
  • Religion (42)
  • Sci/Tech (707)
  • Social (474)
  • Sports (441)
  • Technology (190)
  • Tourism (17)
  • Uncategorized (13,865)
  • Video (128)
  • Video Story (240)
  • Wildlife (39)

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
  • A centenarian’s recipe to longevity

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Post-mortem confirms foul play: Progress in investigation of 24-year-old woman’s death

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Newspaper accuses DPT candidate of political ploy

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Man sentenced to 14 years in prison for raping 12-year-old girl

    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

  • Kangpar Chenla Ney attracts more pilgrims each year
  • Tsirang sees rapid rise in land value amid GMC development in sight
  • Re-tender for Supplying, Installation, Testing, and Commissioning of Broadcast automation and playout System
  • 9th Annual Journalism Awards celebrate Bhutan’s storytellers
  • New 60-bed PEMA Centre to provide holistic mental health care in the country

News Category

  • Accidents
  • Agriculture
  • Announcement
  • Business
  • Crime/Legal
  • Culture
  • Development
  • Disaster
  • Economy
  • Education
  • Entertainment
  • Environment
  • Feature
  • Featured
  • Festival
  • GMC
  • Headlines
  • Health
  • Legal
  • Literature
  • Livestock
  • Media
  • Other Stories
  • Politics
  • RCSC
  • Recent stories
  • Religion
  • Sci/Tech
  • Social
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • Tourism
  • Uncategorized
  • Video
  • Video Story
  • Wildlife
  • 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
  • More
    • Announcement
    • Programme
    • Radio Dzo-Channel Schedule
    • Radio Mix-Channel Schedule

© 2024 BBSCL. All rights reserved.