Monthly Archives: December, 0

While deliberating the Anti-Corruption Commission’s (ACC) annual report 2011 today, the members of the National Assembly said, the report needs to reflect more details of cases the ACC have investigated. Moreover, the MPs said, the investigation involving high profile people are taking longer.

The National Council today deliberated the Contract Bill of Bhutan 2012.  The Contract Bill will act as a separate law that will benefit the contractors.

Victims of Wamrong fire still haven’t been to rebuild their houses. Almost three years after the incident and they are still living in temporary sheds which the government helped them built. They say suspension of housing loan, the ongoing rupee shortage and the monsoon is hampering their reconstruction efforts.

The FIFA Goal Project II, in Gelephu, which will cater to about 50 footballers, has been delayed. The project is worth over Nu.10 million. Started in 2008, the project was supposed to be completed and handed over to the Bhutan Football Federation (BFF) by now.

A 40-year-old archer, who was hit by an arrow, succumbed to injuries at the national referral hospital in Thimphu around 3 am yesterday. The incident happened at Kabesa archery range on Saturday at around 5:30 pm.

Monggar Dzongkhag in collaboration with the Wengkhar Renewable Natural Resources office, joined the world, to observe the Combat Desertification and Land Degradation day, in their small ways. The day was observed in one of the remote gewogs, Labtsakha under Drepoong Gewog.

Compared to last year, the number of people visiting the construction expo has declined. But the less people visiting the expo this time are serious buyers. The companies’ representatives at the expo said these people made serious enquiries about the products.

A community forest, covering 220 acres, was handed over to the people of Martang village under Dewathang Gewog in Samdrup Jongkhar yesterday. The community forest will benefit 31 households of the village.

Damphu hospital in Tsirang has had no water supply for about three months now. Patients have not been able to clean or bath for days. The only water supplies they have are brought in bottles and jerry cans by those attending them. The toilets are clogged and have started emanating foul stench creating an unhygienic environment. Even the wards have started smelling.

The price of the vegetables supplied to Thimphu by the Food Corporation of Bhutan in Phuentsholing saw an increase of Nu.10 -15, this week. A kilogram of tomato, which costs Nu.30, last week, now costs Nu.50-60. A kilogram of bitter gourd costs Nu.35. It was Nu.20 per kilogram last week. The ground floor of the centenary farmers market thus wore a forlorn look.