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A group of youth in Samdrup Jongkhar’s Serthig Gewog are now well equipped with skills to boost food production and start businesses independently. They have undergone a 12-day hands-on training on integrated agri-business creation to enhance rural livelihoods. Over the past 12 days, around 30 youth in Serthig Gewog took part in hands-on training aimed at building sustainable livelihoods and...

The widening and blacktopping of the Khothakpa-Tshelingor highway were completed in 2023 in Pema Gatshel. However, a stretch of about 200 to 300 meters at Cherungri remains unattended. The delay was due to the area’s instability at the time. Now, with improved ground conditions, travellers are hopeful that blacktopping work will begin soon. Heavy trucks climb slowly up a dusty,...

Despite repeated pleas from residents, students, and teachers, the road leading to Garpawoong Middle Secondary School in Samdrup Jongkhar remains in poor condition. The deteriorated road continues to disrupt daily commutes and poses safety risks. Two administrations manage an over three-kilometre stretch of road. While Samdrup Jongkhar Thromde has blacktopped around 1.5 kilometres of the road, the remaining section under...

The Bhutan Standards Bureau (BSB) has flagged defective fuel dispensers and inaccurately calibrated digital weighing machines during its ongoing verification of weights and measures in four districts. The inspection which began earlier this month covers Dagana, Tsirang, Sarpang, and Zhemgang. Officials said while most of the mechanical weighing machines were found to be accurate and reliable, many digital weighing machines...