tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5927086664707056533.post8434339761948617858..comments2024-03-26T05:48:24.893+06:00Comments on Bhutan Land Of The Thunder Dragon: Are Our School Drinking Water Safe to Drink?Yeshey Dorjihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03414546232976648883noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5927086664707056533.post-1467806179320269302018-05-09T00:58:48.602+06:002018-05-09T00:58:48.602+06:00Thank you la.Thank you la.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16999679248943140040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5927086664707056533.post-14433437413266787062018-05-08T08:46:18.808+06:002018-05-08T08:46:18.808+06:00It is amazing how resources are wasted in a poor c...It is amazing how resources are wasted in a poor country like ours. Water quality monitoring was a core program of the National Environment Commission and expansive resources were used to buy equipment; train officers and technicians;develop policies, acts, standards etc. Today there is an ertswhile Water Division in the NEC but I have no clue what it does.<br /><br />Meanwhile the ADB has invested in a substantial Integrated Watershed Management Plan (IWMP) for Bhutan. The document is worth a read but its implementation is still at tortoise speed.<br /><br />Then there was, or does it still exists, the Bhutan Water Partnership housed at the Royal Society for Protection of Nature. Besides attending regional and global events, and members meeting,over a trek sometimes, I never fathomed what the group achieved.<br /><br />Of course, the Public Health Division under the Ministry of Health, is supposed to monitor the water quality of our drinking water sources. The question is how regularly do they do this.<br /><br />The Waterkeepers Alliance(?) is now working with Clean Bhutan and has started testing spots along the Thimphu and Paro rivers. They intend to make the results available to the public so that the general population is informed and can lobby for actions to keep our rivers clean.<br /><br />The point I am making is that while vast resources may have already been spent in developing national capacity to monitor water quality, the ground reality is that efforts are still uncoordinated and lacklustre. We hear our policy makers talking og whitd gold and how Bhutan is blessed with so much water. If so, it is very very high time that we catch the bull by the horn.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5927086664707056533.post-38063387170016403582018-05-08T04:14:54.780+06:002018-05-08T04:14:54.780+06:00Dear Sonam
You can reach me at: rotarybhutan@gmail...Dear Sonam<br />You can reach me at: rotarybhutan@gmail.comYeshey Dorjihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414546232976648883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5927086664707056533.post-91167466915196605892018-05-07T23:51:50.610+06:002018-05-07T23:51:50.610+06:00Would you be so kind to share your email address. ...Would you be so kind to share your email address. I have been following the story about the installation of sky hydrants in our schools for which we are ever thankful to DAA. Actually, I am interested to know more about the program from you.<br />BR,<br />Sonam.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com