PROPOSALS FOR ACTION

5.5 COMMENTS AND FEEDBACKS

TABLE 5.25: Comments received through Letters and E - mails

Sr.No.	Date	Name and Organisation	Comments in Brief
1	25/02/02	Ms. Dorji Yanki, NCCA (via e - mail)	Heritage Precincts and compensation
2	14/03/02	Karma T. Wangchuck, UPDD/DUDES
3	14/03/02	Mr. G. W. Lama, PREELO Co. (P) Ltd.	Green Channel for Building Approvals, Permissible uses in designated precincts, FAR,
4	25/03/02	Dasho Bap Kinga, Vice President, BCCI	Precinct Schedules and maximum plot coverage, Requirement of 12 m distance from Expressway, FAR, Traditional Houses
5	27/03/02	Dasho T. Yonten	FAR, TDR, DCR, Stakeholder consultation, Aesthesis vs. cost, Cost/Benefit analysis, Local conditions, Fair compensation, FAR premium, Plot sizes etc.
6	01/04/02	Dasho Bap Kinga, BCCI	Development of a Housing Project by the Babesa Community
7	02/04/02	Mr. Kinzang Norbu, Head, UISD/DUDES	River and Stream side Protection Zone, Guidelines and permitted Actions, Proposed Stream water Purification ponds, Urban corridor road, Proposed strategies, Water supply - Central network, Broad actions to be taken, Issues, Proposals
8	03/04/02	Mr. Tshering Phuntsho, TCC	Major and minor streams, General
9	03/04/02	Mr. Meghraj Adhikari, Senior Planner, UPDD/DUDES	General
10	04/04/02	Mr. Rajni Chavda, UPDD, DUDES, MoW&HS	Need to review city boundary alignment, Strategies to keep land under agricultural uses, Projected population and related calculations for infrastructure requirement, Strategies for Environmental Conservation, Peripheral Urban control zone, Space standards fro amenities in N. Nodes Foot Bridges
11	04/04/02	Mr. C.V.Sathyanarayan, DUDES	General
12	05/04/02	Thrompon, TCC	General comments on the Structure Plan and the Local Area Plans
13	05/04/02	Mr. Johan Landgren, USPS Secretariat	Phasing of investment, Low income housing
14	05/04/02	Mr. Jonathan Price, DUDES	Principles and Strategies of Urbanism, Precincts plan, DCR, Plot sizes, Low cost Housing, Implementation, and Social Amenities.
15	13/04/02	Mr. Thinley Penjore, Norway (via e - mail)	Concept of registered Architects and Engineers FAR and Premium, Subdivision Regulation
16	13/04/02	Mr. Gopi Pradhan, MBA, Japan (e - mail)	RBA, RBP, RBG, IMTRAT
17	15/04/02	Mr. Karma Tshiteem, ( Via E - mail)	Slope, FAR, Implementation
18	15/04/02	Mr. Tshering Dorji, Sec General, BCCI	On Part - II_1ADMINISTRATION (DCR), Green Channel, IMTRAT, Donor Driven Development.
19	18/04/02	Ms. Cheoki Seldon, A plot owner	Supporting the policy of Land Pooling,
20	19/04/02	Mr. Jigme Tobgyel, EE, DoP	Space for distribution transformer substations, Integrated service ducts.
21	24/04/02	Mr. Thinley Drukla, RBP	About his 15 decimal land in Nubding/Lungtenphu, A petition.
22	26/04/02	Mr. Lam Dorji, Dept. of Budget and Accounts	Worried about his land below the Nima High School, what will happen to it.
23	28/04/02	Dr. Lham Tshering, Manager, NAIP, Wangchutaba	About being not informed of the farm area of Babesa, Their 9^th Five Year Plan,
24	29/04/02	Mr. Karma L. Dorji, SPBC (via e - mail)	Green belt, Right to private property, Public cooperation, Compensation, Market price Vs Govt. price, forest trails, forest fires, public roads, setbacks for sun access, Implementation realties, Land Pooling, interpretation, Military and Police, Liability of Professionals, the Bhutanese clients
25	01/05/02	Director, Dept. of Agr. & Livestock Support Services, MoA	Housing and market facilities development plan at AH Complex, Wangchutaba, and Babesa. About their intention to keep the area as it is as they have a lot of plan for that area.
26	02/05/02	Mr. Richard Allen, European Co - Director, Wang Watershed Management Project	About his 1.8 Acres of land in Taba which falls under the Proposed Community Park. He says he do not want to forfeit his land, nor does he want relocation, or cash compensation. Because he has a plan to build a farmhouse of which the drawings were also sent as attachment.
27	13/05/02	Mr. Thinley Dorji, Taba Resident	About Land Pooling and other related issues.
28	14/05/02	Mr. Kawang Dorji	About land Pooling being a foreign concept. He also talks about the Land Act and Municipal Act
29	14/05/02	Secretary, MoW&HS	Construction in apple orchards, traditional architecture, difficulties in implementation, and the National Capital Region
30	No date	Mr. Ichharam Dulal, UISD/DUDES	Purification ponds, Urban Village Enclave, Shelter Programme, etc
31	No date	Mr. Karma Yozer, DUDES	Urban Corridor, Right of Way, Diplomatic Enclave, FAR, International Conference Centre, land Pooling

TABLE 5.26: Online Comments received through www.kuenselonline.com

Sr. No.	Date	Author	Subject	Reaction	Remarks
1	22/04/02	Kiwi	Land Pooling	Negative	Seems his knowledge of Land Pooling is filtered through weird rumors.
2	23/04/02	Tpenjore	Land Pooling	Positive	He thinks that the people involved should be professionally sound and he wishes luck
3	23/04/02	Fento	30 m. restriction zone by the sides of river and major streams	Negative	He thinks it is ridiculous
4	24/04/02	Indian	Land Pooling Restrictions zone, Environment	Positive and a bit annoyed with those doesn’t seem to understand the implications	He answers everyone and tries to clarify their doubts with a positive attitude but with a touch of anger and irony
5	24/04/02	Recommender	Land Pooling	Positive	He applauds and congratulates the DUDES for bringing in the idea of land Pooling
6	24/04/02	Drig S.Penjor	Land Pooling, Agriculture Land, Compensation	Confusing
7	24/04/02	Drmaxx, S.M.Penjor	Land Pooling, Agriculture Land, Compensation	Negative	He supports the ideas of S. Penjor
8	26/04/02	AuSangchu	Land Pooling	Positive	Supports the policy of Land Pooling. and talks about the common good of the Society
9	26/04/02	Director General, DUDES	Land Pooling Policy	Positive	A clarification on the policy of Land Pooling and its effect
10	26/04/02	Pelden Dorji	Plan in general and land Pooling in particular	Negative	He says, only farmers are affected and not the influential ones
11	26/04/02	Kuenley Wangchuck	Planners and the Plan	Negative	Seems he is not happy with both the planners and the plan
12	26/04.02	Lekey Dorji	Land Pooling	Positive	He thanks the Dept. for the Explanation on Land Pooling
13	27/04/02	Leewang	Land Pooling	Positive	He thanks the Dept. for the Explanation on Land Pooling
14	28/04/02	Au Sangchu	Land Pooling	Positive	He requests for some more clarification
15	28/04/02	Peewee	Structure Plan and Land Poling	Positive	He is sad to know that people draw up conclusions before they understand the underlying issues
16	28/04/02	Khasapani	Structure Plan	Positive	Thanks the Dept. and requests not to compromise because he feels that the interest of the Nation should in the forefront
17	28/04/02	Dophu Tshering	Land Pooling	Negative	He thinks that there need to be a consensus between the private people and the Government
18	08/05/02	Sangay Penjor	Land Pooling, Compensation,		Public Interest Litigation case filed in the High Court
19	09/05/02	Thinman	A reply to Mr. S. Penjor		A positive reply to the above
20	09/05/02	Lhakhangs	Golf Course, A perfect place for housing
21	09/05/02	Pani	Golf Course, A perfect place for housing
22	09/05/02	Indian	Golf Course, A perfect place for housing
23	09/05/02	Seesee	Golf Course, A perfect place for housing
24	10/05/02	Thinman	Golf Course, A perfect place for housing

TABLE 5.27: Brief of the Public Consultations

Sr. No	Date	Meeting With	Venue	Topic Discussed	Remarks
1	25/07/01	Invited representatives of TCC, Town Committee, various Govt. Departments, and Professionals	BCCI Hall	Open House Discussion, Concept of the Thimphu Structure Plan, Role of Thimphu as the Capital of Bhutan, Haphazard Development and unplanned growth, Pressure on the City Core, Housing shortage, Suggestions were collected from the audience	All expressed the need for a Planned development and that they are happy that the planning team arrived at the nick of time
2	01/02/02	Representatives of land holders, Architects, contractors, Developers, TCC, DUDES, and other Govt. Authorities	BCCI Hall	Draft Development Control Regulations (DCR).	Disagreement on FAR Premium and TDR, Green Channel for Building Approvals was welcome news.
3	17/04/02	Stakeholders, Town Committee Members, Representatives of the Chang and Kawang Gewog, representatives of other departments and Ministries	BCCI Hall	Preliminary Final Thimphu Structure Plan and Local Area Plans for Taba and Babesa.	Huge protests on the Policy of Land Pooling, Moratorium, protest on having the Agriculture Precinct and Agri based Precinct and the DCR rule of one house in 1 acre of land, protest on keeping 30 meters and 15 meters buffer from the Rivers and Streams, Green open spaces.
4	18/04/02	Stakeholders, Town Committee Members, Representatives of the Babesa community, Education and Agriculture Depts.	Conference Hall, DUDES	Babesa Local Area Plan	Agreement on the concept of land pooling, Moratorium, Public wanted Agriculture Precinct to be plotted for building construction, Agri - based precinct minimum plot size to be kept as 10,000sq.ft, no infrastructure to be provided by the government,.

Note: Comments and Feedbacks which were feasible were integrated in the Structure Plan and the rest would be considered during the preparation of the Local Area Plans.