New-look Guwahati is GDD dream
* Tender for ropeway over Brahmaputra today.
* DPR for Solid Waste Management given to Israeli firm, global tender after
DPR.
* Project for metro rail and buses in the offing.
By a Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Feb 1: Guwahati Development Department (GDD) Minister Himanta Biswa
Sarma today said that if everything went as planned, 2008 would see a rope
bridge over the Brahmaputra, underground metro rail and metro buses etc in the
Guwahati that was being projected as the gateway to the Southeast Asian
nations. This is apart from the Rs 1,700-crore Municipal Solid Waste
Management Project for the city under the Jawharlal Nehru National Urban
Renewal Mission.
Talking to newsmen in the city, Sarma said that the contract of the detailed
project report (DPR) for the MSWMP had already been given to Tahal, an
Israel-based company, and global tender for the project would be floated after
the submission of the DPR by Tahal. The project will also include sewerage,
water supply and drainage in the city.
According to the minister, the project envisages introduction of new technology
in treating solid waste and involvement of community and private sector
investment to make the project economically viable. Sarma added that the site
for waste treatment and landfilling measuring 180 bighas earmarked by the
Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) at Garchuk, near Paschim Gaon in the city,
had already been approved by the CPHEEO, technical appraisal agency of the
Central Government. According to him, the project envisages collection and
transportation of waste, their treatment and disposal of the product through
market interventions. In case of compositing, the resultant product will be
sold off to potential buyers like nearby tea gardens and other users. In case
of waste to energy concept, the electricity to be generated will be used by
dedicated users, Sarma said, and added: The project has been designed for a
total of 20 years with introduction of an additional
300-tonne-per-day-capacity plant in the 11th year.
A Government of India agency has almost been given the responsibility to
examine the feasibility of the project for metro rail and buses so as to ease
the traffic snarl in Guwahati. According to Sarma, the final decision in this
regard will be taken in the next Cabinet meeting.
Sarma further said that the State Government would float the tender for the
Ropeway project over the Brahmaputra tomorrow. The Swiss Ropeway Corporation
and RITES Ltd, Gurgaon, were the consultancy firms engaged to examine
feasibility of the project, the report of which has already been submitted,
Sarma said.
It may be mentioned here that the 1,820-metre-long and Rs 29.87-crore ropeway,
an alternative mode of transportation between Guwahati and North Guwahati, will
have the passenger capacity of 250 people an hour.
According to Sarma, it will be the longest river ropeway in India, and will
have many attractive features like vertical open lifts at both ends of the
terminal, attractive viewpoints etc.
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