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Two community forests at Nyala and Drangla under Trongsa dzongkhag were handed over to the local community last Saturday. The people of Nyala and Drangla in Tangsibji Gewog in Trongsa will now have the authority to nurture and utilize resources available from the forest. Over 200 acres of forest was officially handed over by the dzongkhag forestry division to the people.

Democracy is a system to foster public reasoning and a means to human development. This was the message conveyed by Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State for Human Resource Development under Thiruvananthapuram Constituency, India. He was addressing at the Friday Forum, a programme initiated by the Royal Institute for Governance and Strategic Studies (RIGSS) in Phuentshogling.

A flurry of development activity started taking place in Orong Gewog, under Samdrup Jongkhar, after it was connected with a farm road, in 2005. After the farm road, came a higher secondary school in 2008 and so did the civil servants.

The National Housing Development Corporation organised a cultural show, for the community of the Changjiji Housing Colony, to celebrate the Coronation Anniversary of His Majesty the King, yesterday.

Coinciding with the Fifth coronation anniversary of His Majesty the King yesterday, a basketball tournament was organised by the Dzongkhag Sports Association in Haa.

“Projects funded by the European Union in Bhutan are well-implemented and have made a difference in the lives of Bhutanese people”, says the Chair of the European Parliamentary delegation for relations with South Asia, Jean Lambart.

Towards achieving ‘ZERO Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV’ and ‘elimination of Congenital Syphilis’, the Ministry of Health has initiated expanding rapid diagnostic facilities for HIV and STIs to all 184 BHUs in the 205 gewogs of the country.

The Gewog Development Grant (GDG) which the Parliament had approved will be used to preserve and promoting culture- one of the four pillars of GNH- in Samtse Dzongkhag. At least Nu. 100,000 from the GDG has been proposed for encouraging participation in the performing arts.

Tsirang is known for its quality oranges, but orange orchards in the dzongkhag are not producing as great a yield as they once used to. Worms have been attacking the oranges, causing them to drop off before ripening.

Travel for women with toddlers, pregnant women, senior citizens and people with special needs in City Buses has been made easier. There will be designated seats in every bus for these categories of people. At the moment, there are only three designated seats as people are expected to give up their seats to such people if other seats are unavailable.