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Friday, October 7, 2011
His Majesty visits quake hit areas in Samtse
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| Friday, October 7, 2011 |
His Majesty said there is nothing that can be done over what has happened. What we make of our future is what matters, added His Majesty.
His Majesty told them he was aware that labourers would be scarce and costly for the people. Army personnel will be sent to assist them and people be back to their houses by the next monsoon, said His Majesty. His Majesty advised them to rebuild the houses well.
People were told that he will return to see the rebuilding process and added that people should submit their problems through the gups, the dzongdag and their members in the parliament.
His Majesty reminded the gups that they must work hard and help the government complete the assessment of the damage.
Yoseltse Geog is about 27 kilometres away from the dzongkhag headquarters. It is one of the smallest geogs in Samtse. Over 900 houses were affected by the earthquake which caused major damage to over 300 houses.
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011
"HAPPY WEDDIN DAY"
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| King And Ashi Jetshen Pem |
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| Long live our king and the Queen |
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Sunday, October 2, 2011
Buddha’s tooth relic arrives in Bhutan
Sunday, October 2, 2011
His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo, Their Majesties the Queen
Mothers, and Their Royal Highnesses the Princes and Princesses offered
prayers and received blessings from the sacred tooth relics of Lord
Buddha and his two chief disciples.
The relics of Lord Buddha, Sangay Shacha Thupa, and his two chief disciples, Sharibu and Mougelgibu will be displayed at the Tendrey Thang from tomorrow till Wednesday.
The relics will be kept in the country for a month. They will also be displayed in Punakha, Tsirang, Trongsa, Monggar, Trashigang and Samdrup Jongkhar.
The relics arrived in the Kingdom today with the Prime Minister who was returning home after attending the 66th UN general assembly in New York.
They belong to the Maha Bodhi Society which has its headquarters in
Kolkata, India. The Prime Minister is the president of the Maha Bodhi
Society.
Arriving at the Paro Airport, the sacred relics were received in a chipdrel procession by the Tsugla Lopen of central monastic body, cabinet ministers, and senior government officials, monks of the Paro rabdey, dzongkhag officials and local leaders.
They were brought to Bhutan on the request of the Prime Minister. They will remain in Bhutan for one month.
This is the first time that the relics were brought to Bhutan.
On his way back home from the UN general assembly in New York, the Prime Minister attended the Maha Bodhi Society’s 114th Annual General Meeting in Kolkata, India.
Lyonchen Jigmi Yoeser Thinley made offerings and prayers for the wellbeing of all sentient beings and protection from natural calamities. He also offered prayers for the victims of the recent earthquake in India.
collections of Yangka Tamang
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His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo, Their Majesties the Queen
Mothers, and Their Royal Highnesses the Princes and Princesses offered
prayers and received blessings from the sacred tooth relics of Lord
Buddha and his two chief disciples.
The relics of Lord Buddha, Sangay Shacha Thupa, and his two chief disciples, Sharibu and Mougelgibu will be displayed at the Tendrey Thang from tomorrow till Wednesday.
The relics will be kept in the country for a month. They will also be displayed in Punakha, Tsirang, Trongsa, Monggar, Trashigang and Samdrup Jongkhar.
The relics arrived in the Kingdom today with the Prime Minister who was returning home after attending the 66th UN general assembly in New York.
They belong to the Maha Bodhi Society which has its headquarters in
Kolkata, India. The Prime Minister is the president of the Maha Bodhi
Society.Arriving at the Paro Airport, the sacred relics were received in a chipdrel procession by the Tsugla Lopen of central monastic body, cabinet ministers, and senior government officials, monks of the Paro rabdey, dzongkhag officials and local leaders.
They were brought to Bhutan on the request of the Prime Minister. They will remain in Bhutan for one month.
This is the first time that the relics were brought to Bhutan.
On his way back home from the UN general assembly in New York, the Prime Minister attended the Maha Bodhi Society’s 114th Annual General Meeting in Kolkata, India.
Lyonchen Jigmi Yoeser Thinley made offerings and prayers for the wellbeing of all sentient beings and protection from natural calamities. He also offered prayers for the victims of the recent earthquake in India.
collections of Yangka Tamang
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Saturday, October 1, 2011
HH brings calm to the nation
Quake : Je Khenpo’s Televised Address 30 September, 2011 - Addressing
the nation in a rare televised address last evening, His Holiness the
70th Je Khenpo, Trulku Jigme Chhoeda, said the zhung dratshang is
performing kurims all across the country for the safety and wellbeing of
the people and the country, following the September 18 tremors. Appearing on TV for about half an hour, His Holiness also put to rest the recent rumours of another impending earthquake. “Even scientists can’t predict earthquakes and it’s only by having faith and praying to our protective deities that will save us from natural disasters,” His Holiness said.
“I also urge all the people to recite Mani (dedicated to Chenrezi) and Badza Guru Dungdrups (dedicated to Guru Rinpoche), Nungneys (fasting) and conduct other kurim,” His Holiness said. “Earthquakes come without any warning and can cause damage within a few seconds.”
A press release from His Holiness’ office stated that His Holiness the Je Khenpo is performing a special kurim at the Tashichhodzong, and the Dorji Lopon had been conducting purification and sanctifying rituals for the nangtens, lhakhangs and dzongs damaged by the earthquake.
Special rituals are also being performed at the Punakha dzong and the Pangrizampa monastery in Thimphu. “Recitation of the Kanjur, Jigten Wangchuk prayers and other prayers to appease Bhutan’s protecting deities and local deities are being held all over the country,” it stated.
Staff Reporter
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In the meantime, city officials said they would close the stretch once in a while to get people used to the change in the offing
Thimphu City 30 September, 2011 - The
exacerbating situation of city traffic congestion becomes evident
during peak hours, and almost perpetually so along Norzin lam, the
stretch between the taxi parking area on the south and Chubachu to the
north of Thimphu.
The government, in its desperate attempt to accommodate the unceasing growth of cars, has widened roads, drawn one-way traffic and added several road networks.
Another attempt is being made at decongesting the Norzin lam stretch.
This time, Thimphu thrompon Kinley Dorji said, they were considering a total closure of the stretch for cars.
He said this was a plan that was sketched out in the Thimphu structural plan, 2002-27. “It didn’t happen between 2002 and 2011,” he said. “But it ought to happen any time soon, maybe by 2013.”
Until an alternative route could be sorted out, in the absence of which the other road networks would be congested, he said, the plan had to stay on paper.
The stretch was, on several special occasions, closed for vehicular movement in the past, and Kinley Dorji said there were suggestions from the prime minister to do so at least once a month.
That way, he said, Thimphu residents would be gradually attuned to the change that is to come.
The traffic that is planned be closed between 8am and 8pm, would, however, open after those times for vehicles bringing supplies for the shops.
As an alternative to that route, he said, they were considering opening the road along the city corporation office, neighbouring the newly built eight-eleven supermarket below the Imtrat hospital.
That road would open up to join the snake road towards the memorial chorten. Cars driving down the opposite direction could go up the junction towards the former Bhutan Development Finance Corporation office to join the swimming pool road.
All these roads, Kinley Dorji said, would be widened for smooth traffic flow.
He said the Imtrat had agreed to let a road pass through their boundary, which entails dismantling some of their toilets and carpentry workshop that the city would have to rebuild for them.
“We’re in negotiation with Bhutan Power Corporation officials to consider taking their electric substations underground,” he said, adding they occupied a major space on the alternative road they were planning.
With respect to parking spaces for vehicles that were almost permanently parked along Norzin lam, he said they were going to build between five and six-storied parking space in the Zangdopelri area that will fit in at least 500 cars.
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), Kinley Dorji said, conducted a study of the existing vehicles along Norzin Lam and found there were just about 300 of them.
“We’ve requested IFC to conduct another study on the possibility of a public-private-partnership model on the multistoried parking,” he said. “We’ll provide the land for private people to build the parking.”
Other alternatives for parking spaces, he said, were the gullies below the existing parking lots between Changlam square and the roundabout below taxi parking area.
“We’ll have more parking areas for which we’ll have to raise pillars from underneath to lay concrete parking spaces,” he said. “We’re exploring all possible alternatives to realise our plan.”
The entire project, which is expected to shape up by 2013, would cost the government Nu 120M, including creation of parking spaces, widening alternative roads and taking the electric substations underground.
While many Thimphu residents were excited about the imminent change that is scheduled for the city, a few shopkeepers said, so long as their businesses were unhampered, they welcomed it.
By Samten Wangchuk
Collected by Yangka Tamang
http://www.kuenselonline.com/2010/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=20958
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| Norzin Lam |
The government, in its desperate attempt to accommodate the unceasing growth of cars, has widened roads, drawn one-way traffic and added several road networks.
Another attempt is being made at decongesting the Norzin lam stretch.
This time, Thimphu thrompon Kinley Dorji said, they were considering a total closure of the stretch for cars.
He said this was a plan that was sketched out in the Thimphu structural plan, 2002-27. “It didn’t happen between 2002 and 2011,” he said. “But it ought to happen any time soon, maybe by 2013.”
Until an alternative route could be sorted out, in the absence of which the other road networks would be congested, he said, the plan had to stay on paper.
The stretch was, on several special occasions, closed for vehicular movement in the past, and Kinley Dorji said there were suggestions from the prime minister to do so at least once a month.
That way, he said, Thimphu residents would be gradually attuned to the change that is to come.
The traffic that is planned be closed between 8am and 8pm, would, however, open after those times for vehicles bringing supplies for the shops.
As an alternative to that route, he said, they were considering opening the road along the city corporation office, neighbouring the newly built eight-eleven supermarket below the Imtrat hospital.
That road would open up to join the snake road towards the memorial chorten. Cars driving down the opposite direction could go up the junction towards the former Bhutan Development Finance Corporation office to join the swimming pool road.
All these roads, Kinley Dorji said, would be widened for smooth traffic flow.
He said the Imtrat had agreed to let a road pass through their boundary, which entails dismantling some of their toilets and carpentry workshop that the city would have to rebuild for them.
“We’re in negotiation with Bhutan Power Corporation officials to consider taking their electric substations underground,” he said, adding they occupied a major space on the alternative road they were planning.
With respect to parking spaces for vehicles that were almost permanently parked along Norzin lam, he said they were going to build between five and six-storied parking space in the Zangdopelri area that will fit in at least 500 cars.
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), Kinley Dorji said, conducted a study of the existing vehicles along Norzin Lam and found there were just about 300 of them.
“We’ve requested IFC to conduct another study on the possibility of a public-private-partnership model on the multistoried parking,” he said. “We’ll provide the land for private people to build the parking.”
Other alternatives for parking spaces, he said, were the gullies below the existing parking lots between Changlam square and the roundabout below taxi parking area.
“We’ll have more parking areas for which we’ll have to raise pillars from underneath to lay concrete parking spaces,” he said. “We’re exploring all possible alternatives to realise our plan.”
The entire project, which is expected to shape up by 2013, would cost the government Nu 120M, including creation of parking spaces, widening alternative roads and taking the electric substations underground.
While many Thimphu residents were excited about the imminent change that is scheduled for the city, a few shopkeepers said, so long as their businesses were unhampered, they welcomed it.
By Samten Wangchuk
Collected by Yangka Tamang
http://www.kuenselonline.com/2010/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=20958
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