Monthly Archives: December, 0

Life is never fair, and more often than not the unfairness gets in the way of living making life more miserable. When life becomes unfair, there are two choices; quit living or fight to live. This is the story of Ritesh Gurung from Samtse, who suffers from a cerebral palsy kind of disorder and cannot speak. Despite his condition, Ritesh has learned to fight for his right to live with joy and happiness.

The government is allowing incoming travellers to opt for home quarantine from tomorrow. All incoming Bhutanese, diplomats, expatriates, and foreign nationals married to Bhutanese are eligible to apply for the home quarantine. They will now no longer have to undergo the five-day mandatory facility quarantine.

After missing two deadlines, the contractors executing the construction of hostel and staff quarters at Kabisa Central School in Punakha are speeding up works to complete the structures within this financial year. The work got delayed by more than a year due to the pandemic.

With an increasing number of passenger buses travelling between Thimphu and eastern districts halting nights at Nangar of Chhumey Gewog in Bumthang, the need for a regular inspection and monitoring of the buses is becoming urgent. People say it would help if a Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA) official is deployed at Chhumey. People also accuse RSTA of having a double standard in being strict with buses in Chamkhar while those in Nangar are left mostly unattended. 

If you have land in Kilkhorthang Gewog in Tsirang which has been left fallow, you will have to clear the bushes annually henceforth. This is one of the resolutions passed by the gewog administration during the recent Gewog Tshogde. It is to curb the human-wildlife conflict in the gewog.

The Farm Machinery Corporation Limited (FMCL) in Paro is doing its bit towards achieving the national goals of food security and self-sufficiency. It targets to produce 13 metric tonnes of tomato and chilli from its mega greenhouse farm at Nyeshiphu in Dopshari Gewog in the next three to four months.