Tawang celebrates the arrival of sacred Black Neck Cranes

The residents of Arunachal Pradesh’s border district of Tawang celebrate the arrival of sacred black-necked cranes to their winter grounds in their district. As many as seven sacred black-necked cranes have been staying safely at Zemithang village in Tawang district. Earlier, this month three black-necked cranes had stayed at this wintering ground for nearly a […]

Tawang hydel plant incurs severe damage as heavy rain washes away penstock pipes

Flash floods triggered by incessant rain washed away at least three rows of penstock pipes from the Shaikang Chhu Micro Hydel Electric Project under Mogto circle in Tawang on Tuesday. The Megawatt hydel project, which is the backbone of regular power supply to Tawang district was severely damaged today due to the heavy rainfall. Following […]

COVID-19 vaccination drive reaches Arunachal’s remote village on India-China border

Battling the second wave of COVID-19, Arunachal Pradesh is trying to vaccinate its citizens rapidly, reaching even the remotest border village ‘Mago’ on the Indo-China Border in the State’s Tawang district. A two-day vaccination drive against Coronavirus was conducted for the villagers of Mago. The Tawang district administration and health department inoculated around 200 residents […]

84-year-old receives COVID-19 vaccine in Tawang as India expands vaccination drive

Along with the rest of the country, the second phase of COVID-19 vaccination was carried out in Arunachal Pradesh’s border town, Tawang on Monday. A total of 193 people, including senior citizens of the border town were inoculated with COVID-19 vaccines at the Vaccination site in Khandro Drowa Tsangmo District Hospital. Under the soft-launch programme, […]

600-year-old iconic Chagzam bridge consecrated in Arunachal Pradesh

Safeguarding the cultural heritage of the region, the 12th Guru Tulku Rinpoche of the Thubchog Gatsel Ling Monastery in Bomdila, consecrated the 600-year-old iconic Chagzam Bridge under Mukto circle in Tawang district on Monday. Speaking on the occasion, the Rinpoche said, Chagzam, is the legacy to the people of the region, and people needs to […]

Three Arunachal villages renovate 15th century iron bridge in Tawang

Residents from three villages in Arunachal Pradesh came together to renovate and repair the iconic 15th-century iron bridge, the Chagzam bridge in Mukto Village on Sunday. Led by village headmen and residents of Mukto, Gomkeling and Mirba villages of Tawang district, the villagers carried out maintenance and restoration of the Chagzam bridge, restoring its original […]

Arunachal Pradesh: 4-bed ICU inaugurated at District Hospital Tawang

A four-bed Intensive care unit (ICU) was inaugurated by Tawang MLA Tsering Tashi at District Hospital Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh on Saturday, in presence of Deputy Commissioner Tawang Sang phuntsok, Superintendent of Police B Kamduk, DMO Dr Wangdi Lama and other officials and public leaders of Tawang district. Later, the local MLA visited the general […]

SSB rescues 30 Bhutanese pilgrims suffering from Acute mountain sickness in Tawang

SSB personnel carried out a daring rescue operation when 30 Bhutanese pilgrims suffering from Acute mountain sickness were rescued at Bangajang near Sela Pass in Tawang district of frontier state Arunachal Pradesh. The pilgrims who were provided medical assistance on 9th November by the 38th SSB regiment hail from the Tashigang district of Bhutan. The […]

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to visit Tawang for Maitree Diwas

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will visit Tawang to attend the 11th Maitree Diwas celebrations. This was informed after a review meeting in this regard was held by authorities in Tawang. Army officials along with civil administrators were a part of this meeting. Arunachal chief minister Pema Khandu will also attend the event.