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Villagers of Philooma Pam in Orong Gewog, Samdrup Jongkhar will soon be getting adequate drinking water. Under the government's Water Flagship Programme, the Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag Administration plans to provide a new source of water supply for the villagers by June this year.

Finally, an alternative has been arranged for Goishing Ridzommo chiwog’s farm road in Pema Gatshel. The stretch, which has remained unused for some three years now, will be realigned. Monsoon rains in 2018 washed away the road at several locations and it was left without maintenance since then.

A vegetable group in Gomdar Gewog of Samdrup Jongkhar not only markets vegetable, but it also helps build a better home for its members....

A fire burned down two traditional houses at Pangkhar chiwog under Khoma Gewog in Lhuentse today. The accident occurred at around 3:30 this morning.

A windstorm, which lasted for about three hours, has blown off the roofings of 15 houses in six gewogs of Monggar yesterday. The incident occurred between 2:00 and 5:00 pm. 

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Bhutan's export of agricultural produce slumped drastically last year. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, besides the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the main reasons was the rise of domestic demand in the country.

Gasa Tshachu, one of the most popular hot springs in the country takes a new shape with the site development works. The visitors at the hot spring can now experience better facilities compared to the past. This is because many developmental activities such as the construction of footpath, canopies and streetlights are taking place. The works started since 2017.

Local leaders in Dagana want the Department of Roads (DoR) sub-division office in Tsendagang in Dagana to continue looking after the 44-kilometre road stretch between Dagapela and Soonkosh. The highway was once taken care of by the DoR sub-division office in Tsendagang but since last year, the Tsirang DoR took over. The issue was raised in the Dagana Dzongkhag Tshogdu (DT) last month.

A recent inspection has uncovered substandard construction activities in some gewogs of Zhemgang. Local Government (LG) leaders say the contractors concerned were asked to demolish the structures and reconstruct without delay. A monitoring and evaluation committee visited all the eight gewogs and found out the inferior quality works in drainage, walls and road construction works.