The government has lived up to its promise, even if partly, when it comes to providing a power tiller for each of the 1,040 chiwogs in the country. The tillers arrived, literally with a bang, as 25 of them roared away from Mongar town last week.
About 70 have been distributed so far, covering the six eastern dzongkhags. More are on the way. The power tiller, called the agent of change in rural Bhutan, will do [... Read More]
About 70 have been distributed so far, covering the six eastern dzongkhags. More are on the way. The power tiller, called the agent of change in rural Bhutan, will do wonders as it ploughs fields, pumps water, threshes rice and transports produce to the market. Known for efficiency and reducing farm drudgery, the power tiller is one machine many a farmer would wish to have outside his home.
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