2008 Olakha relocate pvt_residence. 15 September, 2008 The longstanding dispute over the Changzamtog automobile workshops has finally come to an end with some workshop owners moving to the new location in Olakha even before the September 30 deadline.
An official from Thimphu city corporation’s (TCC), Tshering Younten, said that the workshop would be completely relocated to Olakha by the end of the month. “The last work left is blacktopping, which we’ll complete within a week,” he said. Tshering Younten said that the black topping of roads was delayed because of heavy rain. “We wanted to do things properly so that in future no one will be given occasion to complain.” The first notification to relocate the workshop was deadlined March this year, which was postponed to April. Despite a succession of lapsed deadlines, the relocation was further delayed when workshop owners demanded that access roads be blacktopped, and a proper drainage system and waste disposal site be constructed. Resettlement. February 7: The Thimphu City Corporation has announced that the present cluster of workshops in Changzamtog will have to be shifted to the new site at Olarongchu in Semtokha in March this year.
Plans to relocate the Changzamtog automobile workshops to the new site have been fraught with problems from the very beginning. Initially when the plan was proposed, land owners were not willing to give their land to establish workshops. And now workshop owners are complaining. Hiked rent & rates. New workshops at Olarongchhu charge high rates for their services compared to what they did at the old site in Changzamtog.
Workshop owners say the increase in the service charges was due to higher house rent at the new site. Ugyen Dorji, President of the Automobile Service Association, who is also the proprietor of Yangki Automobiles, said the workshop owners were left with no option but to increase their service charges to meet higher expenses. “Small workshops can accommodate only three Maruti cars at a time, medium workshops, five to six cars,” he said. “The space is too congested but for larger workshops, it’s quite okay.” Ugyen Dorji said the roads are too narrow and lead to several accidents because most motorists do not follow a one-way traffic. New pollution. Under the leadership of the MOWHS, the Thimphu City Corporations cleared out all the informal automobile workshops located at Changzamtog and forced one and all to shift to the paddy fields along the Ola Rongchu. Workshop owners fear relocation plans.
Land contribution. UPDATEIt will be a while before Thimphu city planners can convince all land owners on the land contribution proposal (the new term for land pooling) to build Thimphu city.
The indications were clear in this weeks meetings with the landowners of Chang and Kawang. While most Chang landowners, agreed to land contribution, a few did not with Changzamtog area being the thorny issue. In a heated debate, Changzamtog landowners said that they would contribute land if and only if the percentage of compulsory land contribution is reduced from 25 per cent to 13 or 15 per cent. Municipal corporation will acquire and pool land to build Thimphu. The Thimphu municipal corporation and department of urban development and housing welcomed the high court ruling on land compensation related to the land pooling proposal, pointing out that the judgment reiterated the practice of land acquisition as per the provisions of the land act and municipal act.An official statement from the department said that, in the interest of the public and for the planned development of the capital city, the Thimphu municipal corporation would now implement the urban development plan through the process of land acquisition, based on the prevailing government rate.
Wherever there is formal mutual agreement between the landowners and the municipal corporation, possibilities for alternative implementation schemes will be explored, according to the statement. As far as the planners can remember, there was never a more extensive public consultation as much as those offered in the recent times in the process of urban plan preparation, he added. 41 relocate for parking facility. One sticking point, so far, is who is going to pay for the housing of the displaced Six low-income housing units will have to be demolished when the multi-parking facility project, spanning 1.5 acres adjacent to Zangdopelri building, takes off.
Under the National Housing Development corporation limited (NHDCL), the houses are today occupied by low-income group of civil servants. Population. Bhutanese towns are growing at a rapid pace.
While it is a sign of modern development taking wing, we need to be mindful of our ability to cope with it. Infrastructural development should come with proper planning with a long-term vision. Otherwise, haphazard rapidity can take us to the point of no return. Take Thimphu city. Its physical development is already hurtling ahead of plans and coordination. Teen gang. Source: Thimphu is teen turf | Kuenselonline A passing phenomenon of the ‘90s has now grown to a menacing level 29 May, 2010 - A 16-year old student receives a call from his friend one evening.
The voice on the other side, sounding rather agitated, informs him that his younger brother is being beaten up by a group of 15 young boys. He quickly mobilises 12 of his toughest friends. They enter into the other’s turf, which means facing a gang, comprising a group of youth, who reside within the vicinity of the table tennis hall in lower Changangkha. While the younger brother lies face down on the road, surrounded by some of the gang members, punches start flying among the boys. Blog: Mprillaman@worldbank.org. During the South Asia Region workshop on "Promoting Access to Land and Housing", one underlying thread that ran through the discussions was on effective urban planning.
Often, we encounter doubts on the usefulness of urban planning. While urban planning manifests in various forms, perhaps the most questionable one is comprehensive long term planning. The 10 cheapest cities in the world, 2013. Rapper. Import ban boost to local business. The sudden boom in the wood-based trade is reflected in the spurt of licenses issued Furniture: Having recently landed a job and settled down in the capital, Sonam Wangyal, 26, had a sofa set high on his shopping priority list.
It was the easiest to find and he didn’t have to go to Phuentsholing or across the border in Jaigaon, like in the past. Sonam visited a dozen furniture house or shops in Thimphu in a single afternoon, apart from checking out some on the website. Crime stab for 50Nu. "Thank you for Nu. 50, you are a good rich man...otherwise, I would stab you with this KNIFE," warned a half-face-hidden young man at broad daylight in the heart of Thimphu city today.
This is shocking. It is not common that I walk the streets of our capital city. For the last 5 years, I spent most of my time in the villages of Bhutan. And it seems in the last 5 years alone Thimphu city seems to have changed, not necessarily for the better if today's incident is any warning sign for social ills to come in our otherwise small, safe and sacred society. Today, out of curiosity to see the streets and shops of Thimphu and also to do some actual shoppings, I walked around streets and shops at busy Norzin Lam. I walked into the Bura Kira and Gho shop in the same building and floor as Pepe Jeans store. "Could you give me Nu. 50 please, I am broke," he asked me politely in English. "I am sorry to hear your story, here's Nu. 50," I gave him the money from my pocket. Crime stats. Eveteasing. However not a single woman has lodged a police complaintEve teasing It might seem a little outlandish to find women, especially in Thimphu, carrying chili powder or tiny Swiss knives with their cosmetics in their handbags these days.While they carry make-up sets to apply on their faces from time to time to accentuate the way they look, chili powder and knives are reserved to keep people, other than the ones they intend to attract, at bay.
Most teenage girls and office-going women Kuensel spoke with along Thimphu streets expressed their concerns about the growing trend of men, beginning with parking fee collectors, right up to police and civil servants, teasing, leering or passing lewd remarks at them. But the worst and most sinister among them all, without second thoughts, they said, were taxi drivers. Much like a pack of hungry hyenas trying to bring down a prey.
Place names like Taba hoka, Sangaygang and Begana are quite common that escape their mouths. Map. I am interested in one area in Thimphu: Kala Bazaar. Kala Bazaar is the pink tip on the bottom Kala Bazaar is near the south-west end of the Thimphu on the hill, I painted in pink. If you see a map on the right, that is an area with flatter land, which can be developed. Other area is too steep in the mountain to develop in a large-scale. 1st reason: Related to urban development of the Thimphu city Let’s see how expansion of Thimphu is going on recently, as far as I know. SAR Workshop - Improving Access to Affordable Land and Housing - Bhutan. Kala Bazar. Forty-year-old Karma falls into a queue with a jerry can of water.
She is waiting for her turn to use a few outdoor toilets shared by at least 80 households. It is 7 in the morning. The growing slum of Kala Bazaar in Thimphu has woken up. Karma has followed this morning routine for the last one decade. Solomon Wang / Changedaphu. Rebuttal. A blogger has been consistently placing inflammatory statements on this column obviously with the devious motive and attempt to incite the general public. Kala Bazar / Chang Gidaphu. After writing several happy stories about Thimphu city’s development, our reporter Jigme Wangchuk visits the growing slum of inner-city area at Kala Bazaar to find out how the residents are faring Hundreds of low income people live in poor conditions in this slum at Kala Bazaar, Thimphu. Nu 5000/month. Not all is well with urban children. Birdflu risk areas. Bird Flu Danger graphic by World Health Organisation From five households in the labour camp at Kalabazaar, thirty eight birds out of forty nine have died as of today, 13th January 2012.
Another eleven birds from these households are sick. An emergency meeting of the National Incident Command Centre (NICC) for bird flu was held at 3.00 pm today, 13th January 2012. Olakha: garbage collector. Nima Dorji is a 14-years-old boy who works and earns his own livelihood by collecting trash and selling to the scrap dealer in Phuntsholing. Sangaygang ridge. Veggie market.