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In Samtse, a new toilet facility at Gomtu Higher Secondary School is already making a difference for over 220 primary students. The 12-unit toilet block for classes PP to III was inaugurated and officially handed over to the school recently, a much-needed development to improve hygiene and safety. What was once a daily challenge for the younger students at Gomtu...

Over 550 landowners in Samtenling Gewog, Sarpang, are preparing to make way for the construction of the Gelephu International Airport. With around 1,400 acres falling under the project area, they have three choices: land replacement, tokenisation(similar to leasing) and monetary compensation. Meanwhile, government offices located in the area are also getting ready to vacate their premises. The construction of the...

The Agriculture Research and Development Centre in Wengkhar, Monggar, has found a new way to raise high-yielding grafted walnut saplings with a higher success rate. Walnut saplings raised using the new-found technology can bear fruits within three to four years. This is expected to reduce the import of walnut saplings, especially for the million-fruit-tree plantation project. Currently, the country imports...

Several households of Orong Gewog in Samdrup Jongkhar will not have to depend on imported rice soon. They will resume rice cultivation after more than a decade following the restoration of the long-awaited irrigation channel. With the restoration of the irrigation channel recently, the sound of ploughs scraping earth and water trickling through channels will return to about seven acres...