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Eleventh Five Year Plan - Lhuentse Dzongkhag ELEVENTH FIVE YEAR PLAN (July 2013 – June 2018) LOCAL GOVERNMENT PLAN – VOLUME III LHUENTSE DZONGKHAG1 Eleventh Five Year Plan - Lhuentse Dzongkhag Eleventh Five Year Plan Document © Copyright Gross National Happiness Commission (2013) Published by: Gross National Happiness Commission, Royal Government of Bhutan. ISBN 978-99936-55-01-5 2 Eleventh Five Year Plan - Lhuentse Dzongkhag HIS MAJESTY THE KING JIGME KHESAR NAMGYEL WANGCHUCK 3 Eleventh Five Year Plan - Lhuentse Dzongkhag 4 Eleventh Five Year Plan - Lhuentse Dzongkhag Our Nation has seen great socio-economic growth but it is more important that we have growth with equity. We must raise, with all our effort, the less fortunate so that they may, at the earliest, begin to partake in the opportunities brought by modernization and progress. The government has provided education to our youth. But for the nation to prosper for all time, a sound education must be succeeded by access to the right jobs and responsibilities, so that our youth may bloom as individuals and at the same time serve their Nation well. The recent Rupee shortage is a serious problem. I feel it is a reminder that, as a Nation, we must exercise our traditional sense of caution and work even harder as we address the challenges of the time. For no matter what challenges lie ahead, it is only the Bhutanese citizen who can protect and safeguard Bhutan. - His Majesty The King’s address to the nation during the 105th National Day celebrations, 17th December 2012, in Thimphu. 5 Eleventh Five Year Plan - Lhuentse Dzongkhag 6 Eleventh Five Year Plan - Lhuentse Dzongkhag དཔལ་辡ན་འ宲ུ་ུག筴་⼍ Royal Government of Bhutan PRIME MINISTER 7 Eleventh Five Year Plan - Lhuentse Dzongkhag དཔལ་辡ན་འ宲ུ་ུག筴་⼍ Royal Government of Bhutan PRIME MINISTER 8 Eleventh Five Year Plan - Lhuentse Dzongkhag དཔལ་辡ན་འ宲ུ་ུག筴་⼍ Royal Government of Bhutan PRIME MINISTER 9 Eleventh Five Year Plan - Lhuentse Dzongkhag 10 Eleventh Five Year Plan - Lhuentse Dzongkhag TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. DZONGKHAG AT A GLANCE...................................................................1 2. INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................4 2.1 Planning Process...............................................................................5 2.2 Resource Allocation Formula...........................................................5 2.3 Capital Allocation.............................................................................6 3. MAP OF LHUENTSE DZONGKHAG.........................................................7 4. LHUENTSE DZONGKHAG.......................................................................8 4.1 Current Situation..............................................................................8 4.2 Key Opportunities/Challenges..........................................................9 4.3 Strategies.......................................................................................10 4.4 Dzongkhag Key results area...........................................................11 4.5 Programme Results Matrix of Dzongkhag......................................15 5. GEWOG PLANS..................................................................................... 5.1 Programme Results Matrix of Gangzur Gewog..............................38 5.2 Programme Results Matrix of Jarey Gewog...................................47 5.3 Programme Results Matrix of khoma Gewog................................55 5.4 Programme Results Matrix of kurtoed Gewog...............................64 5.5 Programme Results Matrix of Menbi Gewog.................................73 5.6 Programme Results Matrix of Metsho Gewog...............................81 5.7 Programme Results Matrix of Minjey Gewog................................90 5.8 Programme Results Matrix of Tsangkhar Gewog...........................98 xi Eleventh Five Year Plan - Lhuentse Dzongkhag xii Eleventh Five Year Plan - Lhuentse Dzongkhag Eleventh Five Year Plan - Lhuentse Dzongkhag 1. Dzongkhag At a Glance Information DZONGKHAG AT A GLANCE AS OF JULY 2012 Subject Dzongkhag Gangzur Jarey Khoma Kurtoe Menbi Metsho Minjey Tsenkhar Population and Land Use Population Figure (PHCB 2005) 15395 3865 1143 1819 1005 2528 1210 1382 2443 Total number of male 7727 2044 505 949 512 1253 570 652 1242 Total number of female 7668 1821 638 870 493 1275 640 730 1201 Total number of households 3001 652 216 391 186 487 243 291 535 Area (sq. km) 2853.6 534.15 137.61 652.75 960.11 88.68 137.66 218.34 124.27 Forest Cover (percentage of land area) 83.37 89.15 93.91 73.01 58.6 77.9 93.69 90.96 89.72 RNR Nil Renewal Natural Resources Centre 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Number of Farmer's Cooperatives 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total number of functional Irrigation schemes (Number.) 70 12 6 5 11 8 14 10 4 Total lengths of functional Irrigation Schemes (km) 258.5 53 11 27 31 40 16.5 63 17 Health Nil Number of Hospital 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Number of Basic Health Units 14 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 3 Number of Out Reach Clinics 33 4 3 5 3 4 4 5 6 Sub post Education 1 Higher secondary schools 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Middle secondary schools 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 Eleventh Five Year Plan - Lhuentse Dzongkhag Eleventh Five Year Plan - Lhuentse Dzongkhag Lower secondary schools 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Primary schools 20 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 Extended Classrooms 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Non-formal Education Centres 62 11 5 7 5 9 6 8 11 Number of Non-formal Education Learners 381 75 27 38 45 65 40 32 59 Number of teachers 211 60 17 23 11 35 9 13 43 Number of students per teacher (Student Teacher Ratio) 17.05:1 17.17:1 15.17:1 21.13:1 18.18:1 19.66:1 19.33:1 18.38:1 18.1:1 Local Governments 10 Number of Chiwogs 40 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Number of Villages 0 36 9 20 47 69 37 23 55 Number of female Dzongkhag Tshogdu members 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Number of female Gewog Tshogde members 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Number of Community Centres 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Electricity 10 Number of Households electrified (Plan Review 2011) 2073 300 208 261 73 384 248 217 382 Water and Sanitation 1 Number of households with clean drinking water supply 2905 673 247 352 188 431 201 281 532 Number of households with toilets/ latrines 2901 658 257 349 191 431 205 281 529 Communications 8 2 2 Eleventh Five Year Plan - Lhuentse Dzongkhag Eleventh Five Year Plan - Lhuentse Dzongkhag Number of villages with Mobile network coverage 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Number of Suspension Bridges 26 6 2 4 4 3 4 2 1 Gewog Road (Km) 140 10 38 5 32 10 34 11 0 Farm Road (Km) 240 52 0 46 27 23 0 22 70 Religion and Culture Number of government owned lhakhangs/temples 10 1 4 3 1 1 Number of community owned lhakhangs /temples 67 12 7 13 8 9 7 5 6 Number of privately owned lhakhangs /temples 60 6 5 10 3 10 6 1 19 3 3 Eleventh Five Year Plan - Lhuentse Dzongkhag 2. Introduction The bottom-up Gewog-based planning process, as per the decentralized planning framework, was introduced in the Ninth Plan. Since then, the local governments have been formulating their Five Year Plans based on the development priorities identified by the communities at the Gewog level. The introduction of the Gewog-based planning process was followed by “fiscal decentralization” in the Tenth Plan. The allocation of annual grants to local governments based on the resource allocation formula that took into account principles of equity, transparency and objectivity was launched. The new system of allocating resources to the local governments provided greater predictability and offered higher flexibility in prioritization and programming of activities. The devolution of authority has enhanced capacities of the local governments in planning, prioritization and fiscal management. Further, to bring clarity on the roles of various levels of the government in the delivery of public services at the local level and to facilitate the distribution of resources between the centre and the local governments, the division of responsibilities framework was developed in 2012. The division of responsibilities framework1, clearly delineates responsibilities among the central agencies, Class “A” Thromde, Dzongkhags and Gewogs guided by the ‘principle of subsidiarity’. The ‘principle of subsidiarity’ is that provision of public goods and services should take place at the lowest level of the government and that the centre should be involved only when the lower levels of the government cannot provide the goods and services efficiently. The division of responsibility framework will be reviewed during the Eleventh Plan mainly to assess the capacity of the local governments to shoulder increased responsibilities and to build their capacities accordingly. In addition to the broad based socio-economic development activities, targeted poverty intervention programmes such as the Rural Economy Advancement Programme (REAP) and the National Rehabilitation Programme (NRP) were initiated in the Tenth Plan to accelerate poverty reduction and address disparities at the local level. Accordingly, 13 poorest villages2 were supported through REAP I and around 109 villages have been identified for implementation under REAP II in the Eleventh Plan. 1Refer www.gnhc.gov.bt/guidelines-local-government/ 2Thangdokha, Dramekha and Ngatsena - Haa, Sanu Dungtoe - Samtse, Mandokha & Choleykha - Chukha, Lopokha - Wangdue Phodrang, Lauri - Samdrup Jongkhar, Ungar - Lhuentse, Samcholing - Trongsa, Reti - Sarpang, Lamtang - Zhemgang, Pam & Chaibi - Mongar. 4 Eleventh Five Year Plan - Lhuentse Dzongkhag Under the NRP, 44 households in Khenadrang, Pemagatshel were rehabilitated.
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