With their only drinking water source drying up quicker than they imagined, farmers in three villages in Langthel gewog, Trongsa are being threatened of drinking water shortage.<\/p>\n
Villagers from Bezam, Ngormey and Sheling in lower Trongsa said that they had to skip meals sometimes because there was not enough water for all the households. Although the government had, under the rural water supply scheme, provided drinking water to the three villages, the source was not reliable, according to villagers.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe water is not enough, the source is not reliable,\u201d said Jigme, a 70 year-old farmer from Ngormey pointing to a dry tap in front of his house. \u201cThe tap remains like this (dry) for weeks. There is not enough water to even cook meals.\u201d<\/p>\n
A few years ago, the dzongkhag provided drinking water from a source in Shamyungma. It dried up soon and the source was shifted to Cherangla bung, located above the Sheyling lhakhangs. \u201cThe present source is on the verge of drying up,\u201d said another farmer. \u201cThe water doesn\u2019t reach the villages bellow as monks at Sheyling lhakhang are also sharing the same water,\u201d said the farmer, Yeshi.<\/p>\n
The villages are not only affected by drinking water shortage. Farmers said that that because of shortage of irrigation water, they have stopped paddy cultivation. \u201cThe land is now not suitable for paddy cultivation. We have resorted to wheat instead since it requires less water,\u201d said a farmer.<\/p>\n
By<\/em>: Nima Wangdi With their only drinking water source drying up quicker than they imagined, farmers in three villages in Langthel gewog, Trongsa are being threatened of drinking water shortage. Villagers from Bezam, Ngormey and Sheling in lower Trongsa said that they had to skip meals sometimes because there was not enough water for all the households. Although … Continue reading Water scarcity threatens three villages in Trongsa<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8,13,14],"tags":[205,609,1351],"class_list":["post-439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","category-gross-national-happiness","category-urban-planning-and-rural-development","category-sustainable-development","tag-bhutan","tag-gross-national-happiness","tag-sustainable-development"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridgetobhutan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridgetobhutan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridgetobhutan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bridgetobhutan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bridgetobhutan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bridgetobhutan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridgetobhutan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bridgetobhutan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bridgetobhutan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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