The Gewog Officials comprised of Gup,
AES(Sr.Agriculture Extension Supervisor),Ranger and myself made a tour to
sensitize or to create awareness to the residents of the villages and chewogs
of Rangthangling Gewog on important issues.
The Agriculture Extension Supervisor made
presentations on the land management and its importance to the farmers. Some
examples of some of the Places like Wamrong were also shown with the pictures
to the people. He advised them that the budget maintained for the SLMP for the
Gewog’s 11th FYP is to be used for such purposes benefitting the
community of the villages espically Rangthangling and Nimazor Chewogs.
As a RENEW Focal Person and having seen
many cases of Domestic Violence, I, Gewog Administrative Officer briefed the
people of the existence of the Domestic Violence Prevention Act, 2013 and the
need to refrain being violence, the
types of Domestic Violence and others. They were also told that it will be
considered as a criminal for the violence. The pathetic pictures of the Victims
of the Domestic Violence were also shown along with the video clips of the
RENEW related to the Domestic Violence.
The Gewog Ranger also made presentations
of the importance on the Watershed management, what is water shed and the need
to have preventive measures like protecting the water sources by fencing and
doing plantations around the source. He also assured that the budget of one
lakh has been maintained by the Gewog for the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 for the
watershed management.
The Gewog Gup stressed on the need to
preserve the Culture and Traditions of the Nation and to begin from individuals
like wearing the National Dress on all occasions, the need to attend the
meetings held by the Gewog, the need to learn the national language and others.
The Gup having attended the Training
about the Rural House Construction for Earthquake Resistance briefed the people
to opt for one storey house construction and to have the quality of the house
with fewer edges which means less likely to collapse from the Disasters like Earthquakes.
The real pictures were also shown of the disasters caused by the Earthquake at
Narang Gewog, Mongar .
The residents were also briefed of the
types of waste, how it is generated, how to dispose the waste and the
identification of the disposal or dumping area for their chewogs with soon to
set up the Dustbins. The need to bring the E- Waste to the Gewog Center was
also reminded with the examples of E-waste as the E-waste storage was to set up
at Gewog Center. The residents were also reminded to have a compost pit and the
other waste which can be recycled to be disposed at Identified Dustbins of the
Chewogs.
We also visited the water sources, the
plantations in the CF area and how the wastes were disposed or managed by the residents and shopkeepers.
By
Lobzang Choda
Rangthangling
Gewog
