Bhutan Daily News 12-04-23

To promote football in the country, 29 coaches are undergoing a football coaching course at the Royal Thimphu College. The course is part of the Royal Netherlands Football Association’s project to help promote and develop football in Bhutan. The association which is back in the country after 20 years signed a memorandum of understanding with the Bhutan Football Federation (BFF) today. The memorandum offers projects like coaching and referee courses in Bhutan, exchange programmes for women football teams, guidance of the national youth football teams and offering support to projects of the BFF.

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The people of Phuentshogling will miss the crocodiles that have been a part of their community for many years, as forest officials today successfully relocated the reptiles to Gelephu. The decision to relocate the crocodiles was made to provide them with a larger and more suitable habitat, given the limited space in Phuentshogling.

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Residents of Pelrithang Khatoed in Sarpang have been longing for a bridge over the Dawla stream for quite some time now. If constructed, the bridge will connect school-going children of Pelrithang Khatoed with the Pelrithang Higher Secondary School. The Gelephu Gup proposed the need for the suspension bridge during the recently held Dzongkhag Tshogdu.

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Villagers in five gewogs of Tsirang are now enjoying smooth rides on their farm roads. About 30 kilometers of farm roads in these gewogs have been blacktopped after they received a budget for laying Granular Sub-base. According to local leaders, some of the Gewogs financed the blacktopping works on their own. They added that blacktopping is more cost-effective and durable as it requires less maintenance compared to just laying the granular sub-base. The gewog offices initiated the blacktopping work about two years ago.

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In Trashi Yangtse, the Tsherzam Bailey Bridge which connects Yangtse town and Bumdeling Gewog is in dire need of maintenance. The bridge’s wooden deck has numerous holes. Commuters say the damaged and rotted planks are making it risky to travel on the bridge.

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In an effort to make public service efficient through the use of technology, most of the public offices have made their services accessible online. However, not every online system is bringing about the expected benefits to its users. For instance, the Department of Forests and Park Services’ online service to obtain forestry permits and clearances seems to be creating inconvenience for its users. Some people working in the construction sector said accessing the services using the online portal is time-consuming and inconvenient at the same time.

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The nine-day Ten-chi Kurim Jungwa Chidoe began today at the Pangrizampa College of Astrology in Thimphu. The former Tshog-gi Lopen of the Central Monastic Body is presiding over the prayer ceremony along with more than 250 monks.The annual ritual is performed for the well-being of the sentient beings and the peace and prosperity of the country. More than one hundred people came to receive blessings today.

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Today, the Bhutan Football Federation signed the Memorandum of Understanding with the Royal Netherlands Football Association. The Consulate for The Netherlands to Bhutan, Phuntshok Choden attended the press conference with the founder of World Coaches Johan van Geijn, Deepak from Acosa Sports, India, and the General Secretary of BFF Ugyen Wangchhuk.Some of the extremities from the MoU are: Technical Cooperation and Projects which includes bilateral cooperation of the KNVB with the BFF on creating projects for coach education, skill upgradation programs for coaches in Bhutan, women's football development, youth team development, referee education, and infrastructure guidelines and plannings.

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Ambassador Sudhakar Dalela joined officials of the RGoB, Royal University of Bhutan in the inauguration of Friendship Projects - Two Hostels and a Food Science & Technology Lab at Gawaling Campus of the prestigious College of Natural Resources, Punakha.