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Bhutan has not stopped flow of any ‘irrigation water’ to India.
Instead every year Bhutan allows Assamese farmers to come across &divert section of a river in Bhutan into channels that irrigate few farms in Assam.
This year border sealed to ALL foreigners due to COVID-19.
Bhutan has not stopped flow of any ‘irrigation water’ to India.
Instead every year Bhutan allows Assamese farmers to come across &divert section of a river in Bhutan into channels that irrigate few farms in Assam.
This year border sealed to ALL foreigners due to COVID-19.
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Even Bhutanese coming into Bhutan since March have to undergo a mandatory 21-day quarantine & tests before being released into the population.
This is how we have prevented community transmission so far.
Please don’t politicize this or draw non-existential inferences.
Even Bhutanese coming into Bhutan since March have to undergo a mandatory 21-day quarantine & tests before being released into the population.
This is how we have prevented community transmission so far.
Please don’t politicize this or draw non-existential inferences.
Situation is not as heartless as it is being made out to be as local govt on Bhutan side there had earlier agreed to maintain those water channels.
However, in monsoon sudden rainfall and floods also damage Bhutanese irrigation systems including the drinking water in Thimphu.
However, in monsoon sudden rainfall and floods also damage Bhutanese irrigation systems including the drinking water in Thimphu.
As per the Assam Chief Secretary the Opposite is true and Bhutan instead of stopping the flow of canal water has pitched in full time to ensure its flow.
