Tingvong VDP
Tingvong VDP
Tingvong VDP
List of Photographs
1.1 Location
Tingvong Gram Panchayat covers approximately 7.41 km2 area extending between 27°28' –
27°38' N latitude and 88°23' – 88°38' E longitude and 5000 m to 6000 m altitude from sea
level. The Gram Panchayat consist of 5 (five) wards namely Tingvong, Namprick, Lingkoo,
Kussong and Nung. The Tingvong GP is located at Upper Dzongu, North District of Sikkim
and it lies under the jurisdiction of Mangan subdivision. It lies in the range of Dzongu Forest
area and Kanchendzonga National Park. It shares its boundary with Leek (Passingdong-Saffo
GPU) in East, Leven (Lingthem- Lingdem GPU) in West; Lingzya (Sakyong – Pentong
GPU) in North and in South there lays the holy river “Kanaka.” The area has diverse snowy
mountainous with steep and narrow valleys and gorges with well drained flanking slopes.
Owing to dense forest cover, the area experiences rainfall almost throughout the year.
Tingvong GP is a restricted area and is referred to as the native land of primitive Lepcha
tribes. All visitors should take special permission from District Collector, North for entering
the village.
1.2 Climate
Climate of Tingvong village is classified as warm and temperate. In winter, there is much less
rainfall than in summer. This climate is considered to be Cwa according to the Köppen-
Geiger climate classification. The average annual temperature is 17.8 °C and the average
annual rainfall is 2590 mm.
Tingvong has a particularly rich fauna and flora. The village lies in Khanchendzonga
National Park and biologically diverse with temperate broadleaf and mixed forests consisting
of Oaks, Fir, Birch, Maple, Willow etc. The vegetation includes Alpine grasses and shrubs at
higher altitudes along with many medicinal plants and herbs. Wildlife consists of host of
mammal species such as Musk Deer, Snow Leopard, Himalayan Tahr, Wild Dog, Sloth Bear,
Civet, Himalayan Black Bear, Red Panda, Tibetan Wild Ass, Himalayan Blue Sheep, Serow,
Goral and Takin. Reptiles predominant are Rat, Snake and Russell's viper. Similarly,
dominant bird-life includes Blood Pheasant, Satyr Tragopan, Osprey, Himalayan Griffon,
Lammergeier, Tragopan Pheasant, Green Pigeon, Tibetan Snowcock, Snow Pigeon, Impeyan
Pheasant, Asian Emerald Cuckoo, Sunbird and Eagle.
1.4 Soil
Ridges with 30% slope are characterized by excessively drained, fine-loamy with loamy
surface, have slight stoniness and moderate erosion. Ridges with 15-30% slope is
characterized by coarse-loamy to fine with loamy surface, having slight stoniness and slight
Original name of Tingvong is Ttungvong. According to a legend Lasso Mung a demon came
from Sinolchu Mountain in search of food and roamed around the place. Hence, the name
became Tungvong. The demon reached Kussong early in the morning, and then the name
became Kussong. Searching for his prey Lasso Mung reached Lingko. After following the
footstep of man he reached Namprick (searching for the prey), after killing all the people of
four places he finally reached the place called Nung (which means to suck the blood of a
human being).
Origin : Unknown
1930 – 1954: Tingvong School was established in the year 1951 in the house of then Mandal
late Rabjor Lepcha. He was also appointed as the first teacher.
1954 – 1974: The period between 1954 -1974 witnessed Land Survey in the year 1957. In
1970, Rikzing Tarling Monastry was established. During this period, Tingvong
School became Junior High School. Panchayati Raj was grounded for the first
time with Palden Tshering Lepcha as the first Panchayat President.
1974 – 1994: In the democratic Sikkim, people of Dzongu elected their first MLA Mr. Loden
Tshering. SBS Road and the approach road to Tinvong was constructed.
Panchayat House was constructed between 1977-78. Likewise, various other
institutions such as VLW Centre, PHSC (1979), Forest Bungalow, Livestock
Centre, MPCS, Namprick School, ICDS etc. was set up. During the same
period, Tingvong was upgraded to Secondary School.
1994 – 2010: The road from 6th Mile to Tingvong School was blacktopped. In 2004, Village
Tourism was introduced in the GP. The period also witnessed the opening of
Piggery Farm.
2011 – 2014: Uncontested all the Panchayat Members along with Zilla Member mark a
historic event in Panchayati Raj Institution wherein they were elected to the
governing party.ty. Sikkim Organic Mission introduced in the GP.
2014 - 2015: Shri Hishey Lachungpa, Honourable Member of the Parliament (Rajya Shaba)
adopted Tinvong village under Sansad Aadarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY).
1.6 Demography
The Tingvong Gram Panchayat is the homeland of Lepchas (Scheduled Tribes) and is
sparsely populated. According to 2011 Census data, the village population consist of few
migrated labours. However, at present the Gram Panchayat is dominated by single
community i.e. Lepchas. The religious composition of the entire GP is Buddhism. Vital
Table 1.2: Gender wise distribution of the population & voters' details as per the SAGY baseline
survey
1000
900
800
No of Persons
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
Tingvong Namprick Lingkoo Kussong Nung Total
Name of the Wards
The highest level of education facility in the Tingvong Gram Panchayat is provided by
Government Secondary School, Tingvong. Other Government schools are Namprick JHS,
Lingkoo PS, Monastic School, and ICDS centers. After matriculation, students have to
migrate out for availing higher education.
Board 1.3 and 1.4 presents the detailed appraisal of teaching facilities available in the GP
1.8 Migration
The unemployed youths often migrate to nearby towns and project sites in search of
employment. Similarly, employed and Government servants are posted in the village in
various line department extensions in the GP.
Each household, including Schools, Institutions, ICDS Centers, and Offices in the village are
connected with water supply facilities, mainly the tap water. Most of the water sources are
located in private holdings.
Generally, there is no scarcity of water in the GP except in two wards namely Kussong and
Lingkoo. The scarcity of water is seasonal. In the rainy months, the water discharge level is
high, but it reduces form the month of October to March every year. So, the villagers have to
manage alternative means to obtain water in these months. Detail assessment of water sources
is presented in table 1.5.
1.10 Sanitation
Sikkim is the first and only Nirmal Rajya in the country, to have achieved 100% sanitation in
2008. After reaching this unique milestone, the focal point is on sustainability, managing slip
back, improving school hygiene, solid and fluid waste management, and strengthening IEC.
The Total Sanitation Campaign in Sikkim is being implemented through the Sanitation wing
of the Rural Management and Development Department, Government of Sikkim, under the
aegis of the Department of Drinking Water Supply, Ministry of Rural Development,
Government of India. It is observable that after the implementation of TSC, the mentality of
the people on general consciousness about sanitation has dramatically shifted over the years
and they have gained the value of health and hygiene, environmental sanitation and its co-
relation to socioeconomic value. People across the villages have shown keen interest in the
usage of constructed latrines, personal hygiene, domestic and village cleanliness.
In context to the village-sanitation, the Gram Panchayat is 100% covered and each household
and Public/ Private institution having hygienic toilets with water facilities. Villagers of the
Gram are maintaining this achievement and responsibility and stepping towards making it the
Adarsh Gram. The detail, assessment of the sanitation status of the GP is given in table 1.6.
1.11 Health
Only one Primary Health Sub- Centre Tingvong is located at the Gram Panchayat which is
offering primary health services to the public of the Tingvong Gram Panchayat. In referral
case, next higher health institution is Primary health Centre Passingdong and District
Hospital Mangan. These are located more than 13 Km and 23 Km respectively from the
Primary Health Sub Centre of the GP. The detail, assessment of medical facilities and staff
composition and status of different services delivered in the health center of the GP is given
in table 1.7 and table1. 8 respectively.
The Gram Prashashan Kendra is located at the centre of the village in Namprick Ward. The
land and infrastructure, both are in the private holding. The Rural Management and
Development Department has recently sanctioned the Village Administration Centre for the
village.
The Gram Panchayat consists of five wards. Each ward has their respective Panchayat
representatives. The details of the representative members are given in table 1.9.
The GP has eight functioning Anganwadi centers with one AWW and AWH each. The
details of each center with the names of the workers are given in table 1.11
The GP has six units of co-operative societies under labour and milk union. At present, the
status of these societies is assessed as non-functional (table 1.12)
List of self-help groups of the GP along with their primary activities is assessed as under
(Table 1.13). Majority is engaged in piggery farming, followed by cardamom cultivation and
traditional Lepccha cane and bamboo works.
The GP has one NGO that promotes home stay and eco-tourism and a farmers' club to
promote agriculture. Apart from above, there are many individuals who have adopted home
stay as livelihood support activity. The detailed assessment of the same is presented in table
1.14.
Table 1.14: List of other collectives (e.g. Farmers‟ groups) / NGOs/ Home-stays
Barren
Sl. Govt. Paddy Cardamom
Ward T. Area Dry Field Orchard Land
No Land Field Field
Nil
1 Tingvong 256.9130 105.6460 7.7520 55.9770 86.8840 0.6540
9.1420
2 Namprick 256.7080 57.4300 12.0600 115.9246 71.1520 Nil
Nil
3 Lingkoo 498.5830 324.6120 8.9170 80.0000 85.0540 Nil
Nil
4 Kussong 516.8850 334.2160 9.5760 83.9660 89.1270 Nil
Nil
5 Nung 292.8440 138.5200 7.2960 63.9740 83.0540 Nil
Total 1830.933 960.420 45.601 399.8410 415.271 0.6540 9.1420
1%
0%
23%
Govt. Land
Paddy Field
52%
Dry Field
22% Cardamom Field
Orchard
Barren Land
2%
Tingvong GP in North Sikkim and its adjacent areas are traditionally known for Large
Cardamom Plantation. This is a high value Cash Crop; however, over recent years there has
been a regular decline in Large Cardamom yield due to old age of the bush and prevailing
viral diseases. The revival of cardamom cultivation is a dire need of the farmers in the GP to
reinstate its old farming practice and to address the matter of a declining standard of
support.t.
Under SAGY initiative, massive large cardamom plantation was done with more disease
resilient seedling under convergence with HCCDD and MGNREGA, wherein, HCCDD
provided inputs and MGNREGA provided manpower. This should be an important step
towards reviving the large cardamom plantation, which in turn would improve the standard of
living of the people over the years.
Apart from large cardamom, the village is producing orange, guava, organic vegetables,
ginger, turmeric and other cash crops in cluster farming pattern. However, there are no rural
markets in the proximity of the village. Had there been a better road condition these products
can be transported to nearby towns such as Mangan and Singtam in the range of 30 to 50 Km.
Animal Husbandry Centre located at Tingvong is playing a vital role in the Gram Panchayat.
Cattle, Goatery, Piggery, and Poultry farming are some important alternative source of
livelihood.
The Gram Panchayat has 4 (Four) Milk unions registered with the North District Milk Union.
Initially the units were performing well, but poor road condition and lack of transportation
facility eventually led to their closure. Reviving these units is the dire need of the GP to
promote Animal Husbandry in the future.
Ninety-two percent households have chicken on an average of 5-10 chicken per household.
85 % households have cattle and 84% and 82 % households have goats and Pigs respectively.
The details of the livestock profile of the GP are given in table 1.16
1.17 Irrigation
The irrigation facility through MIC is available in the Gram Panchayat through various
departmental schemes except in two wards of upper belt, which wholly depend on rain. An
effort to resolve this crisis is underway by Horticulture and Cash Crop Development
Department, Government of Sikkim, by constructing a tank with 50,000 l capacity. The
detail, assessment of drinking and irrigation structures are presented in table 1.17.
1.18 Power
All the households of the Gram Panchayat are 100% electrified with two-phase electricity
line. However, the fluctuations of power and power cuts (sometimes for several weeks) create
difficulties, especially for school, institutions, and offices located at the village.
On the other hand, there are households provided with 2-point free electricity under various
schemes of the Government.
The people of the GP have to travel a minimum of 10 km to avail the facilities of financial
institutions. The detailed assessment of the same is given in table 1.18.
Handloom & Handicraft production can play a critical role to generate income in the village
and it can assist in the evolution of entrepreneurship. Two house-based handlooms Industry
run by Self-help groups are producing handloom materials. The bags produced by traditional
Lepcha design are of good quality and not so expensive. Due to lack of marketing, these
products find a place only in local fair and Expo. At present Government is taking initiative
to train 50 individuals of village to develop cluster handlooms and handicraft manufacture.
1.22 Market
The market facility is not available in the Gram Panchayat. Villagers have to travel more than
23 km to get to the closest township. The Rural Marketing Centre is the demand of the
public. In addition to the above, due poor road condition and weak bridges, the GP sometimes
remains cut off from the district headquarter for several days especially during the
Monsoons.
The forest cover is divided into Reserve forest, Kasmal and Goucharen (Pastureland). The
reserve forest in the GP is still in good condition with good survival of saplings after periodic
afforestation programs. Nevertheless, the status of Khasmal is degraded with very low
survival rates of saplings as people frequently visit for the collection of fodder grass, fuel
wood, animal bedding etc. The GP does not have land categorized as Gaucharan. The detail,
assessment of forest cover is given in table 1.27.
1.23.2 Tourism
Lepchas are the worshipers of landscapes. They believe their God originates and then finally
rests in Dzongu. Tingvong is located on upper Dzongu. Dzongu is also reffered to as Mayel
Lyang or the land of hidden paradise.
Situated about 158 Km from Siliguri and 90 Km from Gangtok, the charming village of
Tingvong is located along a little knoll overlooking the yawning valleys and sun-kissed
mountains. Crystal-clear streams flow through the village. Tourism and Tour operator
business will be a highly sustainable source of earning at the village. The landscape, scenery
Mountain View, holiday Homestays, cultural and natural resources, fresh air, climates,
traditional foods, etc. are owned by the village.
Key components of the Tingvong village tourism are Scenery views of Mt. Kanchendzonga,
Tracking Routes, Mini Lepcha Museum, Rokshyot Waterfall, View Points, Monastery &
Stupas, Mother Tree, Home Stays, delicious traditional foods, Flora and Fauna etc.
The village has one sub post office. The detail, assessment is given in table 1.22
The GP has one library at Tingvong with 600 books in different languages and one heritage
mini Lepcha museum displaying the arts, crafts and traditional items. The assessment is given
in table 1.23
Libraries Available
Number Of units 1 (One) at GPK
Number of books available 600 books (English, Hindi, Nepali & Local Lepcha language)
Museum Available
Number Of units 1 (One) Lepcha Museum
The youths of the GP are very fond of games like football, volleyball, and atlethetics. Till
date these facilities are confined to local schools. Community sports and recreational
facilities are yet to be developed. The assessment of recreational facilities is presented in
table 1.18.
The following points summarize the overall scope of developmental activities based on
discussion with different stakeholders and insight of the learned groups for holistic
development of their village:
1. Improvement in Road Connectivity
2. Connection of village with Tele-Communication services
3. Re-plantation of cardamom- revival of traditional farming practice
4. Eco-tourism development
5. Development in home-stays
6. Development of historical and sacred place
7. Proper garbage management
8. Launching of income generating schemes and creation of assets
9. Food go-down branch at Tingvong for food security during cutoff monsoon season
10. Rural marketing center at Tingvong,
11. Organic production
12. Safe drinking water and proper sanitation program
13. 100% schooling for girls,
14. Handloom & handicraft center
15. Restriction for girl student‟s marriage in early age
16. Capacity building for livelihood
17. Regularization in health program
18. Horticulture & agriculture farm development
19. Re-Setup of forest nursery
20. Entrepreneurship development
21. Conservation of heritage tree
22. Establish of bank at the village
23. Meditation Centre at Rikzing-Tarling monastery
An entry point visit was organized in the Tingvong GP under the leadership of Hon‟ble M P
Rajya Sabha, Shri Hishey Lachungpa. He was accompanied by Dr. S. Tambe, Commissioner
(RM&DD), Additional District Collector (Dev.) North, Sub-Divisional Magistrate (Dzongu),
BDO (Dzongu), Hon‟ble Zilla Panchayat Member, Gram Panchayat Members, various line
department officials, representatives of social organizations and others including teachers,
students and public.
The process involved a visit to the school, hospital, forests, home-stays, monastery,
agricultural fields, and other locations and interacting with the functionaries and getting a
firsthand account of the functioning of these institutions as well as the difficulties faced by
them. This was followed by an interaction with all the functionaries in the Panchayat office
wherein all the issues were discussed and a plan prepared. The action points relating to the
various departments were also listed to be hashed out in the maiden meeting of the State
Level Empowered Committee and District level committee of SAGY.
Photo 3: Honourable MP Rajya Sabha, Shri. Hisay Lachungpa (Right) and Commissioner
MGNREGA Dr. S. Tambe (Left) in Pad Yatra during entry point activity in Tinvong accompanied by
ADC (Dev), SDM, BDO, PRI representatives and villagers
Photo 5: Honourable M.P. Rajya Shaba, M.P, Shri Hishay Lachungpa in transect walk in Tingvong
village accompanied by all line department officials and villagers
Succeeding where the action points noted during the entry point visit:
c) Social Development
c.1 Activities for honouring village elders, local role Gram Panchayat, MLA, State
models especially women, freedom fighters and Government
martyrs. E.g. Shri Loden Tshering, Shri Sherap
Lepcha etc.
c.2 Village sports and folk arts festivals Gram Panchayat
c.3 Having a village song to instil a sense of pride Gram Panchayat
among the people
c.4 Celebrating „Village Day‟ Gram Panchayat
c.5 Eradicating suicides Gram Panchayat
c.6 Creating awareness against smoking, tobacco, Gram Panchayat
drugs etc
d) Economic Development
d.1 Revival of large cardamom plantations which is Horticulture Department in convergence
the main cash crop and source of income for the with MGNREGA
village
d.2 Organic farming certification to be completed at Agriculture Dept, Horticulture
the earliest and organic products need to fetch Department
premium price in the market
d.3 We need to keep on cultivating Phapar Gram Panchayat, Agriculture Dept
(buckwheat), kodo (millet) which are our
traditional crops
d.4 Soil health cards ICAR, ATMA
d.5 Promotion of vermin-composting for all the Horticulture Department.
households
d.6 Livestock management, especially dairy farming AHVS, North District Milk Producers
needs to be given a boost since there is abundant Cooperative Society Ltd. (NDMU Ltd.)
fodder available. The milk collection centre
needs to be made functional again.
d.7 Trekking route to Tholung-Kishong, Panch Wildlife circle, Forest Dept and Tourism
Pokhri, Saatdharey (3-4 days duration) in KNP Department, Gram Panchayat, MP
needs to be developed with stone footpaths,
camping grounds and waiting sheds and
promoted through websites. Make a DPR of this
project, which MP will follow up for funding
d.8 Construction of suspension bridge which should RMDD, Tourism department
look like a traditional cane bridge over the
Kanaka river to make the hot springs of
Lingdem accessible. Keep the hotspring as
natural as possible
d.9 Promotion of adventure tourism – bungee Tourism department
jumping, rock climbing and others
d.10 Promoting ecotourism, nature guides, Tourism Dept, Wildlife circle, Forest
homestays, cooking, hospitality etc. Setting Dept, JICA project
quality standards and benchmarks. More
aggressive marketing through websites, lonely
Nov-Dec 2014
Second important task in the process of preparation of VDP was the collection of baseline
data from the field and data entry.
Participatory rural appraisal is the process that studies the society, interacts with the village
people to understand them and their needs, and finds out the ways to fulfil it, by learning
from them. It is a process of collecting different kinds of data, identifying and mobilizing
intended groups and encouraging their participation and opening ways in which the intended
groups can participate in decision-making, project design, execution, and monitoring are
important.
Resource Map: Resource map is one of the most commonly used PRA methods next
to social map. While the social map focuses on habitation, community facilities,
roads, temples, etc., the resource map focuses on the natural resources in the locality
and depicts land, hills, rivers, fields, vegetation etc. A resource map may cover
habitations as well.
Transect walk: a systematic walk along a defined path (transect) across the
community area together with the local people to explore the vegetation, habitation,
infrastructure, water and sanitation conditions, crops, undulation of the topography
etc. by observing, asking, listening and producing a transect diagram.
Seasonality Analysis:
analysis of variations in issues/dimensions affecting the lives of people, like
food availability, availability of employment, prevalence of diseases)
according to season/month/time;
analysis of variance in livelihood of people/communities according to
season/month;
Analysis of seasonal variation in the community's response to processes,
institutions, structures, policies etc.
Apart from this, there are other techniques such as wellbeing analysis, livelihood analysis,
and semi-structured interviews.
The village level co-ordination meeting was held on 30th November 2014 at Gram
Prashashan Kendra, Namprick, 16- Tingvong GPU (N). The meeting was attended by
concerned public, ward Panchayat, sole member, and field functionaries from various line
departments. The Sabha started with a welcome address by Honble Zilla Panchayat Member,
Mrs. Chungden Lepcha, informing regarding the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana, which
focuses on all round development. The meeting talked about matters like transportation,
telecommunication, and water scarcity and sincerely thanked Hon‟ble M.P. Rajya Sabha, Shri
Hishey Lachungpa for identification and the adaptation of the GP under the Saansad Adarsh
Gram Yojana under his leadership.
A coordination meeting under SAGY was held on 23rd March 2015 in the conference hall of
Rural Management and Development Department under the chairmanship of Dr. S. Tambe,
Commissioner, and RM&DD. The meeting was attended by Panchayat Presidents and
members from Tingvong and Kitam-Manpur Gram Panchayats, ADC (Development) North
and South Districts, Charge officers of SAGY from Kitam-Manpur and Tingvong GPs,
representatives from Lok Shaba and Rajya Shaba MP‟s Office, Additional Chief Engineer,
Joint Secretary (MG NREGA), Deputy Secretary (Sanitation), OSD RM&DD and line
department officials from at Block and GP level.
The meeting finalized the tracking format for SAGY in power point presentation in the
presence of all the representatives and functionaries.
On 27th May 2015, Hon‟ble MP chaired 2nd coordination meeting at SAGY village. Hon‟ble
Minster (HCCDD), Shri Somnath Poudyal was chief guest and Deputy Speaker (SLA) cum
Area MLA, Dzongu as guest of honour. Hon‟ble Zilla Adakshya (North), all the HODs of
North, GP members, youth, and the public participated in an interactive session in village
development.
The meeting aimed to achieve milestones of the village development plan and the villagers
got assurances of their requirements and proposals from the respective departments.
Photo 12: Paricipation of local public and functionaries from different line department at cordination
meeting held on 27.5.2015 atTingvong under SAGY
Gram Shaba with special focus on SAGY was conducted at GPK Tinvong on 22.04.2015
presided by Pempa Tshering Lepcha, Panchayat President for the GP. All the members from
The Village Development Plan of Tingvomg GP was unanimously passed with a huge round
of applause. The details regarding the Minutes of the Gram Shaba are attached in Annexure
III.
Likewise, another Gram Shaba was organized on 13.06.2015 to form new Committe for eco –
development for the preservation of the Kanchendzonga National Park. In addition, the Shaba
saw gathering taking oath to preserve KNP, awareness and sensitization of villagers in
importance of forest and wildlife for human being, the need for active participation of all the
stakeholders in the village development process under Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana.
On 11th August 2015 District level Committee Meeting was conducted in the District
Administrative Centre hall under the Chairmanship of District Collector (North) -cum-
District Nodal Officer (SAGY). The meeting was attended by Hon‟ble Zilla Panchayat
Member, Smt. Chongden Lepcha, Additional District Collector (Dev), North, Gram Vikash
Adhikari, Passingdong – Cum- Charge Officer (SAGY) with the presence of Gram Panchayat
Members (Tingvong), Officials from different line departments, and functionaries of Gram
Prashashan Kendra Tingvong.
ADC Development (North) presented the Village Development Plan of Tingvong GP. Zilla
Panchayat member presented the status report on the VDP.
The meeting witnessed a discussion on different issues and challenges related to village
development process under Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana. The proceedings of the meeting
are attached in appendix II.
The first meeting of State Level Empowered Committee (SLEC) of Saansad Adarsh Gram
Yojana (SAGY) was held on 6th June 2015 in the conference hall of Manan Bhawan under
the Chairmanship of Mrs. R. Ongmu, Chief Secretary of the State. The meeting was attended
by Additional Chief Secretary Shri S.C. Gupta, Principal Secretary-cum-PCCF FE&WM
Department , PCE-cum-Secretary I&FC Department, Commissioner-cum-Secretary AHVS
Department, Secretaries from Tourism, FCS&CA, SYA and IPR Departments, Commissioner
RM&DD, Chief Engineer Power Department, Additional Chief Engineers R&B Department
and RM& DD, Directors from HCHSFW and Higher Education, DCs from North, East and
South Districts, Additional Director AHVS Department, Joint Secretaries from Social
Welfare and RM&DD, Associate Professor Sikkim University, CEO ECOSS, Executive
Director VHAS, State co-ordinators NERLP and WWF, GVAs from Kitam and Tingvong,
Zilla Panchayat Member Tingvong, Panchayat Presidents, members and functionary from
Tinvong and Kitam-Manpur Gram Panchayats.
The meeting started with the presentation of overview of SAGY by Dr. S. Tambe
Commissioner RM&DD. Mrs Sarika Pradhan, Joint Secretary (State Nodal Officer SAGY)
presented the progress made by Sikkim under the scheme until date. This was followed by
presentation of baseline survey and village development plan of Tingvong Gram Panchayat
by Mrs. Chungden Lepcha, Zilla Panchayat Member, Tingvong Gram Panchayat. The
priority area identified by Tingvong was having all weather road connectivity up to the Gram
Panchayat, having functional mobile phone network, revival of large cardamom orchards and
Mr. Roshan Kausik, SToT from Kitam-Manpur Gram Panchayat discussed the situation
analysis and village development plan of Kitam-Manpur. The priority areas identified by the
Gram Panchyat was having a sustainable supply of drinking water, minor irrigation canal for
development of agriculture and horticulture, protection of the standing crops from the wild
animal attacks, assured power supply and promotion of village tourism.
Similarly, Secretary Tourism Mr. C. Zangpo assured full support to encourage tourism in
these villages. Director, Higher Education, assured to fulfil all the vacant posts in schools.
Power Secretary also conveyed that the problem of frequent power cuts in Kitam would be
resolved once the proposal submitted to GOI by the department is approved. Mrs. Sarika
Pradhan State Nodal officer for SAGY clarified the house that Central Government has made
suitable amendments in the centrally sponsored schemes to ensure that the priority is given to
Gram Panchayats identified under the SAGY by Hon‟ble MPs, and this should be mentioned
while submitting proposals related to SAGY to GOI. State co-ordinator NERLP Sikkim
mentioned there is ample scope for convergence with NERLP in SAGY Villages.
Chief Secretary, Mrs. R. Ongmu appreciated the village plans that were presented. In her
address she requested the village plans to be segregated into short term and long term and
incorporate these plans into district plans and state plan. She requested the District Collectors
for full involvement and the various departments to prioritize these GPs in their ongoing
programmes. She stressed that special care should be taken for the children with disabilities.
She assured the Panchayat representatives of Tingvong that the issues involved in delay of
road construction would be taken up and solved immediately. She expressed her concerns
regarding the new survey being taken up by Land Revenue Department and requested the
officials to take into consideration the views of the local villagers in the process. She
appreciated the steps taken for promotion of village tourism in the SAGY villages; however,
adequate safeguards from visitors by coordinating with the District Collectors will be needed.
She directed the Power department to propose a plan for solar lightning in public places in
SAGY villages. In the end, she thanked the people of these villages for active involvement
and assured all support to develop the SAGY villages into model villages in future.
The meeting ended with the vote of thanks proposed by the Deputy Secretary, RM&DD, Mrs.
Tashi Palmu Bhutia.
3.1.1 Introduction
Situation analysis of poverty free GP aims to provide a systematic process to identify the
poor households using a participatory approach and then goes one-step further by taking up
SWOT analysis at the household level to create livelihood assets in the lands of the poor.
This will entail detailed household level planning and at least 50% of the labour budget of the
gram Panchayat will be earmarked for creating livelihood assets in the estates of the poor,
with the remaining can be utilised for creating community assets.
The annual development plans will be able to respond to the new emerging needs of the area,
the lessons learnt from the past implementation and the new works that may be approved by
the Central Government.
While ranking the households into wealth groups, the critical criteria used is “Annual
Household Income”, all other measures designated in the matrix below related to “land
ownership”, “housing”, assets etc. are solely advisory or indicative in nature.
Households having an annual income of less than Rs. 15000 per annum, which means
monthly income of less than Rs. 1250, having less than 0.5 acre land or landless / near
landless, mainly agriculture labour (khetala), share cropping (adhia / kutia) and having semi
pucca or kutcha house is categorised as very poor.
The precedence was to distinguish the very poor category household falling under the above
named class. In the case of non-existence or less number of households falling below the
above category, 20% of the poorest households are listed and regarded. Table 3.1 presents a
statewide standard for each wealth category.
Wealth Name of the HH Nos of Local HH Nos of Local Having Not Total
class wards With voter ID Without non-locals HH voter ID having of all
voter ID with voter ID voter ID HH
Tingvong 18, 29, 40, 42, 49, 50, 51, 59, 32, 34 Nil Nil 09 00 00 09
Well to Namprik 46, 53, 60(1), 61 69, 74, 78, 79(1), 82 Nil Nil 09 00 00 09
do Linko 37 Nil Nil 01 00 00 01
Kusong 01, 05, 07, 14, 16, 19 Nil Nil 06 00 00 06
Nung 19(1), 23 Nil Nil 02 00 00 02
Total 27 0 0 27
Tingvong 04, 24, 39, 43, 44, 48, 60, 67, 72, 73 Nil 33 09 01 00 10
Namprik 37, 58, 72, 75, 77, 85 Nil 31 06 01 00 07
Middle Linko Nil Nil Nil 00 00 00 00
Class Kusong 1,3(1), 21(1), 22 (1) Nil Nil 03 00 00 03
Nung 3(1), 08, 11(1),12,14,16(1) Nil Nil 08 00 00 08
Total 26 02 00 28
Tingvong 01, 02, 03, 05, 06, 08, 09, 10, 20(1), 21(1), 22,23,25, Nil Nil 37 00 00 37
26, 31, 36,41, 46, 47, 52, 53, 54, 57, 58, 61, 62, 64, 68,
69, 70, 76, 77
Namprik 30, 36, 40, 42, 43, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52(1), 55, 56, 57, 62, Nil Nil 22 00 00 22
Poor 70(1), 71, 78, 81
Linko 24, 25, 26, 27, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40 Nil Nil 12 00 00 12
Kusong 02, 03, 04, 06, 08, 09, 15, 17, 18, 20, 23(1) Nil Nil 11 00 00 11
Nung 01, 02, 04, 05, 06, 07, 09, 11(2), 21 Nil Nil 09 00 00 09
Total 91 00 00 91
Tingvong 63 Nil Nil 01 00 15 16
Namprik 29, 38, 45, 68 Nil Nil 04 00 09 13
V. Poor Linko Nil Nil Nil 00 00 03 03
Kusong Nil Nil Nil 00 00 00 00
Nung 22 Nil Nil 01 00 05 06
Total 06 00 29 35
A landless agricultural worker household is one in which no member owns land either
himself/herself or through his parents and one or more adults earn their living from
agriculture wage work as a casual worker (khetala) or share cropper (adhidar, kutiadar) or
Taungyadar (forest villager). Landless agricultural workers' households of Tingvong GP are
given in table 3.4.
3.2.1 Introduction
Situation analysis for better rural connectivity focuses mainly on rural roads. Rural roads are
a key component of rural development and life line for flow of goods and services. As we are
aware that the people of the village depend upon a road for their day-to-day tasks, this
infrastructural development will supports the rural people to access low cost of
transportation, high quality inputs, development of rural markets, opportunities in
Categories Wards
Tingvong Namprick Lingkoo Kussong Nung
Nature of road Pucca Partly Pucca Under Under Pucca
Construction Construction
No. of roads & 1 SPWD 1 SPWD 1 PMGSY 1 PMGSY 1 SPWD
maintenance
Length of roads 23 Km 19 Km 24 Km 25 Km 20 Km
from District
Headquarter
Usability of road Motor able Motor able Motor able Motor able Motor- able
Maintenance Well Needs of Under Under Well
maintained repair from construction construction maintained
CWC to 6th
Mile
Number of 2 1 1 1 1
Shared taxi
available
Taxi schedule 7 am- 8 am 7 am- 8 am & 7 am- 8 am & 7 am- 8 am & 7 am- 8 am &
& 3 pm - 4 3 am- 4 am 3 pm- 4 pm 3 pm- 4 pm 3 pm- 4 pm
pm (returning) (returning) (returning) (returning)
(returning)
One way taxi fare Rs. 70/- Rs. 60/- Rs. 70/- Rs. 80/- Rs. 70/-
Photo 14: A & B - Affect of landslide and subsidence on approach road to Tingvong at Ringlee
making it un-motorable. C- Weak suspension bridge allowing traffic only for light vehicles
Road between CWC and Sixth mile is not in good condition. Landslide near sixth mile
washes the road every year during rainy season. It was reported that at times villagers have to
remain within the village for 3 months. People bear to walk for four hours to reach the Block
In addition to above, very weak bridge on River Kanaka connecting the village with Block is
almost in dilapidated condition. The capacity of the bridge is only 2 tons permitted by the
Roads and Bridges Department. Heavy vehicles are restricted and this has imposed high cost
of transportation of bulk materials to the villagers.
Thus, Seasonal cutoff of road network and dilapidated condition of the hanging bridge are the
two most important issues that need to be addressed with the utmost priority. The problem of
landslides can be addressed by construction of a reinforced support wall and widening of
roads and the present bridge needs to be supplanted by a steel bridge.
The villagers have also demanded new road connectivity to vital areas inaccessible until
date. Apart from stabilizing the landslide, need was felt to repair the full stretch of access
road to the GP to make it an all weather route. The detail assessment is given in table 3.14.
Table 3.14: Activity plan for all weather road connectivity in Tingvong GP
3.3.1 Introduction
In the present age of information and technology where other areas are talking about e-
governence, e-education, e-commerce, Internet Village, etc., Tinvong GP, and its adjacent
areas are still on dark ages of internet. The GP is not in congruence with the Government of
India policies towards Panchayati Raj Institution based on e-Panchayati Raj. Thus, digital
revolution is yet to make a debut in the GP and its adjacent areas of Dzongu.
It was found that the maximum number of villagers own mobile phones and few have
personal computers, but they are used for playing music and games, as there is no network
connectivity. The oddest of all are the public institutions, as they have to wait for postal
letters for the information, circulars, and notifications when other counterparts avail
Detail assessment of the tele-communication and internet facilities was conducted and is
shown in table 3.15.
After the assessment it was found that the quality of connectivity is patchy, available in some
places such as high hills and reliability of connection was inadequate. Public have to travel
more than 23 Km to district headquarters to avail internet facility. Apart from the public,
institutions of the GP such as schools and positions are also the victim of lack of internet
facilities.
The possible causes of this situation are remoteness of GP and inadequate service providers.
Most of the private service providers have not taken the initiative because; the village is least
populated and possible incidence of larger fix cost than the returns.
Table 3.17: Details of activity plan for telephone and internet connectivity in Tingvong GP
Activity in Plan Type Details
Strenghening Construction of Coordination for setting up
telecommunication facility Telecommunication Tower Telecomm facilities with the
(Basic aminities) for for Tingvong for telecom and project officer BSNL under
Tingvong GP internet facility Citizen Service Centre (CSC
Scheme of DEITY)
Constructing Water Storage Tank Fully functional Water Identification of beneficiary 1 Month Secretary HCCDD
6
(GNEP) for Kusong Ward Storage Tank and coordination for sanction
3. Government of Sikkim, RM&DD, Village Water Security plan 2014, Tingvong Gram
Panchayat, Block-Passingdong, North Sikkim
4. Government of Sikkim, RM&DD, MGNREGA Gram Panchayat Pro Poor Perspective Plan
(G5P), Tingvong Gram Panchayat, Block-Passingdong, North Sikkim
Convergence
Sl. Name of Physical Community
Location Unit Beneficiaries, give HH census No Expected Output MGNREGA from other
No. Work Target Contribution
program
Increased income
Labour,
1 Cow Shed Tingvong 15 No TGV/01/06, 09, 16, 18, 34, 51 source, Improved Nil Stone,Timber
materials
Manure
Community
Increased water Labour, Stone, Land,
2 Water Tingvong 3 No TGV/01/46, 27 Nil
facility materials Timber
storage tank
Improved Rural Labour,
3 CCFootpath Tingvong 0.3 Km All HH‟s Nil Stone
Connectivity materials
Improve
Cardamom Labour,
4 Tingvong 15 Hec TGV/01/04, 19, 40, 43, 56/64 Individual Nil Land
Plantation materials
Livelihood bases
Land
TGV/01/1, 4, 7, 8, 20, 26, 30, 42, Increased income
5 Tarrising Tingvong 0.5 Hec Labour, Land, Stone
50 source
Work
Improve Indivisul Labour,
Const.Pig 10 Nos TGV/01/11, 15, 28, 42, 38, 44, 54 Nil Stone, Timber
6 Tingvong Livelyhood basas. materials
Shad.
TGV/01/01, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 15, 16, Water Labour, Stone, Timber,
Household 25 Nos Nil
7 Tingvong 20, 21, 22, 26, 24, 26, 54 Conservation materials Land
Water Tank
CCFP at Labour, Stone, Timber,
Rular Nil
8 Payal Tingvong All Job Card Holder materials Land
Connectivity
Kyoung
Convergence
Sl. Phy. Beneficiaries, give HH Community
Name of Work Location Unit Expected Output MGNREGA from other
No. Target census No Contribution
program
Increased income
Cow shed with TGV/02/23(1), 2, 13, 15, Labour,
1 Namprick 10 Nos source, improved Nil Stone, Timber
urinating tank 26, 8, 19, 6 materials
manure
Increase in Fruit
TGV/02/9(1), 23, 17, 31, Production to Labour,
2 Orange Plantation Namprick 4 Hec Nil Land
14, 4 improve poverty materials
level
Water Harvesting TGV/02/1(1), 2, 3, 6, 5, Labour, Land, Stone,
3 Namprick 9 Nos Water Conservation Nil
Tank 4, 8, 19 Material Timber
Land Development to
All individual
4 Land Terracing Namprick 23 Nos protect from Soil Labour Nil Stone
Households
Erosion
Box Drainage Improve Irrigation
Community Work, All Labour,
5 (Kyal to Namprick 1 0.2 and control from Nil Stone
HHs Material
Kaprabong) flood
Water Storage Community Work, All Labour, Land, Stone,
6 Namprick 2 Nos Water Conservation Nil
Tank HHs Material Timber
Community Work, All Labour,
7 Protective Wall Namprick 2 Nos Land Development Nil Stone
HHs Material
Increased income
TGV/02/15(1), 13, 2, 4, Labour,
9 Pig Shed Namprick 10 Nos source, improved Nil Stone, Timber
17, 33 Material
livelihood
TGV/02/2(1), 06, 08, 13, Increased income
Cardamom 8 Hec Labour,
10 Namprick 15, 19, 23, 26 source, improved Nil Land
Plantation Material
livelihood
Convergence
Sl. Physical Beneficiaries, give Community
Name of Work Location Unit Expected Output MGNREGA from other
No. Target HH census No Contribution
program
TGV/03/21(1), 20, Increased income
Labour,
1 Cardamom Plantation Lingko 8 Hec 16, 03, 17, 13, 30, source, improved Nil Land
materials
15, 32, 10, 13 livelihood
Increased income
TGV/03/4(1), 1, Labour,
2 Orange Plantation Lingko 5 Hec source, improved Nil Land
11, 12, 26, 17 materials
livelihood
TGV/03/1(1), 2, 4, Improve Agriculture
3 Land Tarrising Work Lingko 0.7 Hec Labour Nil Land, Stone
3, 12, 10,21 Cultivation System
Increased income
TGV/03/20(1), 03, Labour, Land, Stone,
4 Pig Shed Lingko 10 Nos source, improved Nil
34, 19, 12, 1, 25 materials Timber
livelihood
Increased income
TGV/03/02, 19, 34, Labour, Land, Stone,
5 Cow Shed Lingko 10 Nos source, improved Nil
17, 01, 10 materials Timber
livelihood
Labour, Land, Stone,
6 Water Harvisting Tank Lingko 18 Nos 18 house hold. Water Conservation Nil
materials Timber
Ground Extention at Labour,
7 Lingko 0.5 Ft All HH at Lingko Land Development Nil Land
Lungtong Kyoung materials
Labour,
8 Box Drain at Lingko Lingko 0.5 Km All HH at Lingko Flood control Nil Land
materials
Convergence
Sl. Physical Beneficiaries, give Community
Name of Work Location Unit Expected Output MGNREGA from other
No. Target HH census No Contribution
program
TGV/05/08(1), 12, Labour,
Cardamom Increased
1 Nung 10 Hec 17, 11, 22, 19, 32, 10, materials & Nil Land
plantation Income Source
15, 28, 27, 29 Saplings
Nos TGV/05/02(1), 05, Income Labour, Stone,Timber
2 Cow Shed Nung 10 Nil
12, 26, 26 Source materials
Increased
Labour,
Nung TGV/05/28(1), 33, income source,
3 Orange Plantation 0.5 Hec materials Nil Land
03, 37, 14 improved
livelihood
TGV/05/10(1), 11, Increased Labour,
4 Pig Shed Nung 10 Nos Nil Stone,Timber
08, 18, 24, 36 Income Source materials
Improve
Land Terrecing TGV/05/03(1), 24, Agriculture Labour,
5 Nung 0.4 Hec Nil Stone,
work 29, 22, 11, 15, 17 Cultivation materials
System
HH.Water Storage Nung TGV/05/36(1), 26, Water Labour, Land, Stone,
6 4 Nos Nil
Tank 23, 21 Conservation Material Timber
Labour,
7 MIC Nung 0.5 Km All HH at Nung Flood control Nil Land
Material
Extension Public Land Labour,
8 Nung 0.5 Hec All HH at Nung Nil Land
Play Ground Development Material
Proctative wall at Land Labour,
9 Nung 0.5 Hec All HH at Nung Nil Land
Nung Development Material
Convergence
Sl. Locatio Physical Beneficiaries, give HH Community
Name of Work Unit Expected Output MGNREGA from other
No. n Target census No Contribution
program
TGV/04/20(1),24,26,33, Increased water Labour,
1 Water storage tank Kussong 07 No Nil Stone Timber
02,11,23 facility materials
TGV/04/2(1),30,23,21,2 Increased Income Labour,
2 Cardamom Plantation Kussong 11 No Nil Land
8,07,09,34,26,29,13 Source Sappling
Increase Income Labour, Stone,
3 Pig Shed Kussong 4 Nos TGV/04/10(1), 17, 7, 9 Nil
source & livelihood Material Timber
Land Development
TGV/04/11(1), 19, 10,
4 Land Terracing Kussong 6 Nos to protect from Soil Labour Nil Stone
13, 33,14
Erosion
TGV/04/6(1), 11, 23, 5, Increase Income Labour, Stone,
5 Cow Shed Kussong 6 Nos Nil
13, 19 source & livelihood Material Timber
EFFP from Kabring
Improve in Labour,
6 Patam to Sungkungbong Kussong 1 Km Community Work Nil Stone, Land
Tourism Sector Material
(Mother Tree) 1 Km
EFFP from Solotbong to
Village Labour,
7 Kacheybong Sibim Kussong 1 Km Community Work Nil Stone, Land
Development Material
PWD
EFFP from Tendong Village Labour,
8 Kussong ½ Km Community Work Nil Stone, Land
Phyong to Tendon Lee Development Material
Box Drain from Levong Improve irrigation
Labour,
9 to Sibik Kyong, Levong Kussong 3, 3 Km Community Work system & to contro Nil Stone, Land
Material
to Lopong Lee flood
The District Level Committee of SAGY chaired by the Hon’ble Minister, Agriculture& Horticulture, Shri.
SomnathPoudyal was attended, among others, by the Hon’ble Dy. Speaker, Sikkim Legislative Assembly, Shri.
SonamGyatsoLepcha and Hon’bleMP,RajyaSabha, Shri. HisheyLachungpa.
The main objectives of the meeting were to sensitize the panchayats and the public about the concept and
objective of the Scheme, to review the status of the ongoing schemes/programmes in the GP and explore ways
and means to further the developmental process to realize the dream of an Adarsh Gram with the active
participation and involvement of the local populace.
The Hon’ble MP, in his address, highlighted that SAGY is a concept conceived by the Hon’ble PM to realize the
dream of a prosperous rural India in the years to come. He added that the scheme mandates each Member of
Parliament to adopt a village/Gram Panchayat Unit for a period of two years and guide and nurture it to
transform it into a model village for the others to follow suit. It was further stressed that no separate funds are
earmarked for the scheme but the same have to be channelized from the resources available for the
implementation of the existing array of developmental schemes in the State. The presence of the Heads of
Departments of importantsectoral/line departments like Tourism, Forests, Roads, Horticulture & Agriculture
today were to make developmental issues clear to the public and simultaneously hear from them about their
aspirations and ideas of development of their village. He concluded adding that the concept of an Adarsh Gram
would only bear fruit with the active participation, involvement and cooperation of the people.
The Commissioner, RM&DD, Shri.SandeepTambe,IFS further highlighted on the concept of SAGY and
summarized to the gathering about the activities carried out till date by the Nodal Department, RM&DD to
realize the goal envisaged by SAGY.
An interactive session followed wherein the following major issues and ideas, among others, were deliberated
upon and action points drawn.
(i) Tourism, because of the pristine beauty and scenic location of the area, can become an important
economic activity of people who, at present, depend primarily on agriculture for their livelihood.
Therefore, development of the trekking trail from Tholung to Kishong Lake, infrastructural
support for furthering the concept of homestays, a meditation centre in the
TingvongGumpa(monastery) complex, improvement in the existing road condition and
construction of parking yards at the numerous tourist spots in the GP were proposed in the
Tourism sector.
(ii) Under the Forestry Sector, avenue plantations were proposed. It was also finalized that
plantation of around 300 saplings of various species would be done in the area on the World
th
Environment Day on the 6 of June, 2015. The Principal Secretary also informed the gathering
that with the declaration of the Khangchendzonga National Park(KNP) as a World Heritage Site,
tourism would get a major boost.
(iii) Under the Agriculture Sector, Large Cardamom, being a high value cash crop, was prioritized.
Around 30 hectares of large cardamom and 10 hectares of mandarin orange plantations are
being taken up this year in convergence with MGNREGA, it was informed. The concept and
timeline for achievement of an ORGANIC SIKKIM was highlighted to the gathering by the
Secretary, Agriculture and Horticulture. The permission for practice of jhumcultivation due to
paucity of cultivable land in the area as a result of the increase in the green cover over the years
was also discussed.
(iv) Under the Roads and Bridges Sector, the public highlighted that bad condition roads were a
major public concern as it had an adverse impact on the overall development of the village.
The Secretary, Roads highlighted that Himagiri, a hydropower developer in the area has taken up
the improvement works of the 11 kms. stretch of the road along with the construction of 02
bridges falling under this alignment at an estimated cost of Rs. 15 crores under the Corporate
Social Responsibility(CSR). Assurance was also given that the stalled work would resume within a
month. It was also proposed that the arterial road of the GP would be named after the first MLA
from Dzongu Assembly Constituency and a native of this village, Late LodenTsheringLepcha.
(v) The public of the area also demanded for a cadastral survey as there was confusion among the
land holders on the ownership of the plots leading to disputes and ill will among the people and
would also become a source of enmityamong the future generations.
The meeting ended with a vote of thanks given by the District Collector, North District.
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District Collector
Mangan
RM&DD (North)