Tibetan Community gets place in Dharamshala Municipal Corporation councillors

Dharamshala, February 2, 2017: HP state government, Department of Urban Development, in a notification on Thursday, have nominated Mr.Dawa Ringchain of the Tibetan Community of Mecleodganj area of Dharamshala, as Municipal Councillor of recently formulated Dharamshala Municipal Corporation. Dawa is the 1st Tibetan to be inducted in Municipality of Dharamshala. Spokesperson of HP government said here today, that as a large number of Tibetan refugees are residing in Mecleodganj and other areas of MC Dharamshala, the inclusion of Dawa in Corporation, will help the community.

The notification has also intimated the inclusion of another councilor, Mr. Shubham Sud of Sidhwari area. With the inclusion of these two the total number of nominated councilors have risen to five, which include already nominated Smt.Babita Devi, Sh.Sandeep Bains and Sh.Ranjinder Kumar. In addition to these five nominated members, Dharamshala Municipal Corporation also have 17 elected Councilors from different wards.

Municipal Corporation is the second MC of Himachal after Shimla’s Corporation. Dharamshala City is also enjoying the status of the only city of Himachal, chosen to be a smart city , one of 100 in India.