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Annual Information Bulletin 2006MinisterROYAL GOVERNMENT OF BHUTANMINISTRY OF WORKS & HUMAN SETTLEMENTPOLICY AND PLANNING DIVISIONTHIMPHU : BHUTAN“Towards Quality Infrastructure”The annual budget of the ministry is around Nu. 2,097.664 million comprising ofNu. 300.018 million for Current and Nu. 1,797.646 million for Capital, which isfurther distributed as follows, taking the example of 2006-07 financial year:1. Ministry’s Secretariat including central stores - Nu. 30.162 m2. Department of Roads - Nu. 1,408.448m3. Department of Urban Development andEngineering Services- Nu. 385.126 m4. Construction Development Board - Nu. 6.633 m5. Standards and Quality Control Authority - Nu. 18.672 m6. National Housing Development Corporation - Nu. 248.623 mIn addition, the annual budgets of the corporations are as under:1. Construction Development Corporation - Nu. 189.223 m2. Thimphu City Corporation - Nu. 58.000 m3. Phuentsholing City Corporation - Nu. 23.882 mThe ministry’s staff strength, including those posted to the Dzongkhags andcorporations is 1,918. Out of these 588 are posted to the 20 Dzongkhags, the detailsof which are contained in the Information Bulletin.I hope the readers will find this bulletin informative and useful. We would like toapologize for the shortcomings if any. We hope to improve it further in our nextissue and therefore, any suggestions for improvement will be highly appreciated.Kinzang DorjiZhabtog LyonpoMinistry of Works and Human Settlementv
Annual Information Bulletin 2006BackgroundChapter IMinistry of Works and Human SettlementSince the time planned economic development started in 1960, and following thesubsequent Five Year Plans, infrastructure development, involving construction ofbuildings, roads, bridges, water supply, irrigation canals, etc., has formed the majorcapital investment of the government. In more than four decades of plannedeconomic development, the country has established many basic infrastructurefacilities both in the growing urban towns as well as in the rural areas including thefar-flung villages. The country, in further advancing to economic growth andattempting to strike a balance with traditional values of religion, culture andenvironment, there is a growing need for more and better infrastructure facilities.As much as the growth and changes have taken place in the provision of theinfrastructure facilities, so has the organization that has been vested with thisresponsibility. The first organization formed in 1961 to look after the constructionwas called Bhutan Engineering Services, which in 1966 was renamed the PublicWorks Department (PWD). The Public Works Department, initially under theMinistry of Development and later under Ministry of Social Services was the mainbuilder of infrastructure pertaining to both rural and urban settlements. Later,under the Ministry of Communications, the Department of Roads and theDepartment of Urban Development and Housing were the two main technicalDepartments. Although confronted by many new challenges brought by increasingdemand from sectors like Education, Health, Urbanization pressure and the PrivateSector, growth has been achieved in establishing the basic infrastructure facilities.During the re-structuring of the Royal Government, on "Enhancing GoodGovernance – Promoting Efficiency, Transparency and Accountability" in 1999,a number of recommendations emerged. One recommendation was to restructurethe Ministry of Communications and a new Ministry for Construction later named asMinistry of Works & Human Settlement be established. Accordingly, the Ministry ofWorks and Human Settlement was established in 2003.VisionDue to changing demands for infrastructure services both quantitatively andqualitatively, the guiding strategies for effective services delivery will be pursuedthrough wider application of commercial principles, encouragement of competition,decentralization and private sector participation, and increased user participationand user fees. These are nothing new but constitute the development strategies ofthe Royal Government. The role of the government is slowly shifting from being aprovider to facilitator. Thus, the Vision of the Ministry is:“To be a professional organization, competent in enabling provision ofphysical infrastructure of excellent quality, environmentally sound andMinistry of Works and Human Settlement 1
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