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…𝑻𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒂𝒏𝒂 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒈𝒆𝒘𝒐𝒈𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 By Tashi Tshewang Over 60 households in Tshogoenpa village, Lumang Gewog, Trashigang, now have access to clean and reliable drinking water thanks to a gravity-fed water system implemented under the Eco-Himal Water Management Initiative. The project was led by the Tarayana Foundation and supported by the Swiss-funded …

…𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒔 By Tashi Tshewang A regional milestone in infrastructure planning was reached on August 2 with the inauguration of the Regional Office of Infrastructure Development (RoID), established to serve Samdrup Jongkhar and Pemagatshel Dzongkhags. The launch was attended by the Dzongdag of Samdrup Jongkhar, Pemagatshel’s Dzongrab, …

…𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒇𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒑 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕 By Kinzang Lhamo & Tashi Tshewang Two newly constructed agricultural warehouses at Jewphu and Bondey farms were officially handed over to the National Seed Centre (NSC) in Paro under the Integrated Temperate Fruit Crops Promotion Project on August 1, 2025. Funded by the Japan International …

…𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒋𝒐𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒎𝒃𝒐𝒐 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑩𝒂𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒆𝒘𝒐𝒈 By Tashi Tshewang The Norbuchoeling Community Forest in Barshong Gewog took a significant step towards sustainable land and forest management with the inauguration of a 10-hectare bamboo plantation on July 11. The plantation features Bambusabalcooa, a fast-growing and commercially valuable bamboo …

…𝑫𝑵𝑨 𝒃𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕-𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔 By Sonam Choden The National Mushroom Center (NMC), with financial support of Nu. 7,095,964 from the Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation (BTFEC), has launched a project aimed at domesticating high-value wild edible mushrooms in the Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) area. Scheduled to run from July 2025 to June …