Forty-five gewogs surveyed for road feasibility

Forty-five gewogs have been surveyed for road feasibility under the gewog connectivity (GC) road project 2011 including two remote gewogs – Soe and Naro under Thimphu dzongkhag, and Merak and Sakteng under Trashigang dzongkhag.

“The survey has already been completed,” said chief engineer under survey and design division Tshering Wangdi ‘A’, under the works and human settlement ministry (MoWHS).

He added that the roads in the forty-five gewogs were first priority…

Accidents at Centennial Market pose questions to street safety

On March 28, a four-year old boy was knocked down by a speeding car at the Centennial Farmers’ Market. He sustained serious injuries on his thigh and ankle. This is the third accident case reported till date at the place resulting in one lost life. Several cases like this have gone unreported. The recent incident has raised serious questions about the safety of the market streets which are always crowded with…

Hundreds of acres in Thimphu confiscated from illegal land owners

Of the total 45 cases in the 2003 High Level Committee report on land grabs and excess land in Thimphu around 35 cases involving mainly high profile people were reported as solved as of 2007.

The report also looks at how careless government institutions were by not registering their own land or the widespread prevalence of excess land registration among private individuals and local communities.

Since the report was never made…

MoF releases Nu 18 mn to avoid legal suit by Bangkok hospitals

Ministry says that it will release money for unpaid bills but will have to be refunded by ‘memory loss officer’ Chenda Topgay

The ministry of finance (MoF) recently released 13mn bhat or Nu 18mn as funds for outstanding medical bills in Bangkok pertaining to the former head of Chancery, Chenda Topgay’s case.

This amount will be routed through the Bhutan embassy in Bangkok.

According to the finance ministry, this step was taken…

Govt. clueless about National Council RTI bill while its own seems unlikely to come through

With just two parliamentary sessions left before the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) government’s term comes to an end, certain quarters are raising concerns on the Right To Information (RTI) Bill that prime minister Lyonchen Jigmi Y  Thinley had assured would be introduced by his government within its tenure in power.

But what is more ironical is the fact that the government has no clue as to what Gasa national council…