Dear Uttamda While preparing the estimates they must have simply added the CPWD rates for land filling.
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:20 AM, uttam borthakur < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dilip Da > > I am at one with your opinion.Nothing can be better. But you asked about > the downside. So, the skeptic in me wanted to know what has gone into that > estimate, if they did not do their homework about the source and delivery of > the land-fill before preparing it. This project is on the works for so many > years; could not they have consulted the state government about the > possibility while making the estimate itself? Even at the estimate level, > all known factors are to be considered and it should not be on whimsy. If > they are so callous, then they are not serious about the project's success > or they have some other motives giving them the elbow room to indulge in > another scam. That is what I thought. > > > Uttam Kumar Borthakur > > --- On Wed, 18/6/08, Dilip and Dil Deka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Dilip and Dil Deka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Assam] Brahmaputra islands to provide landfill > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "A Mailing list for people interested in > Assam from around the world" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, 18 June, 2008, 9:42 AM > > > > > > > Dear Uttam, > An estimate is an estimate. It is based on past experience and data. The > real cost could be lower. > But that is not the issue here. If we can get free dredging of the > Brahmaputra or a tributary, why not? That's what my question was about. > Dilip Deka > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: uttam borthakur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world < > [email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 9:20:05 PM > Subject: Re: [Assam] Brahmaputra islands to provide landfill > > It is mentioned in the report that the cost of the landfill has been > estimated at Rs250 crores. How have they estimated the cost when the source > of landfill and the delivery system are yet to be finalised? You do not know > whether you are buying from public or private source, you do not know > whether you have to build a road or lay a pieline, you do not know whether > the land will be free of cost or it will entail costs, and you have > estimated the cost! That is, even if it costs you Rs.100 crores, you will > spend Rs.250 crores, by means fair or foul. > > > Uttam Kumar Borthakur > > --- On Wed, 18/6/08, Dilip and Dil Deka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Dilip and Dil Deka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Assam] Brahmaputra islands to provide landfill > To: "ASSAMNET" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, 18 June, 2008, 6:12 AM > > It sounds like a good idea. Is there a downside to it? > Brahmaputra needs dredging and the plant site needs dirt - good match as I > can > see it. > Dilip > > Past WeekPast MonthPast 3 MonthsPast 6 MonthsPast YearSince 2006 Guwahati, > Tuesday, June 17, 2008 > HomeClassifieds Backissues Weather Contact Us > News > • City > • State > • North East > • Sports > • Business > • Obituary > Opinion > • Editorial > • Letters > • Jocoserious > • Photos > Features > • Panorama > • Mosaic > • Horizon > • Sunday > Reading > ________________________________ > Brahmaputra islands to provide landfill > By Ron Duarah > DIBRUGARH, June 16 – The river Brahmaputra is being scouted as a possible > source for silt (fine grain sand) for use as landfill at the 3000 – bigha > site for the Assam Gas Cracker Project. Work on the project has just begun, > and > engineers of BCPL (Brahmaputra Cracker & Polymer Limited) and EIL > (Engineers > India Limited) have approached the Dibrugarh civil administration for > possible > sites from where earth, silt and sand can be extracted to meet the landfill > requirement. > > Sources in BCPL and EIL said the requirement of landfill aggregate is huge, > and > is initially pegged at a mind boggling 75 lakh cubic metres. The landfill > works > alone are estimated to cost about Rs 250 crore. Such quantities of silt or > earth is unlikely to be available from a single site, except if the > Brahmaputra > is exploited, said a BCPL official. Moreover, land filling on such a scale > has > not been taken up before in eastern India for any purpose. > > Last week, officials of the Dibrugarh administration and Forest department > went > around several places in the vicinity of the gas cracker project site, > scouting > for areas from where earth or silt could be excavated from. They have > pinpointed a couple of places, including the possibility of excavating sand > from the Buri Dehing river. However, the civil officials have also > expressed > their concern at the possible transport bottleneck if these places are to > be > used, as a major highway traffic jam could not be ruled out. Then there is > the > potential of a public outcry against excavation of paddy fields. > > It is anticipated that once the landfill work commences, there would be > about > 400 ten-wheel trucks on the road, which would congest the already busy > national > highway between Dibrugarh and Jorhat, and may also lead to major traffic > snarls. > > > Another possibility the BCPL and EIL engineers are mulling is the induction > of > slurry pumping systems, to pump silt straight from the river to the gas > cracker > site. The system comprises laying of a pipeline, installation of slurry > pumps > and booster pumps. The procedure would involve making a fine paste of silt > and > water, and push it through a pipeline to pour the material at the required > site. This system, if put to use, would negate the use of a massive number > of > dumper trucks, avoid the need to build a road, and also avoid any road > congestion by trucks carrying silt/earth. > > To avoid nightmarish conditions on the national highway and also to cause > least > disturbance and annoyance to the civil population on the Moran – Dibrugarh > belt, BCPL has been informally advised by the Dibrugarh administration to > exploit the Brahmaputra for the landfill requirement. "Of course, this > would entail construction of an adequate service road from the river bank > to > the gas cracker site, but is the best available option," remarked a senior > revenue official here. He said a couple of Brahmaputra islands (char, in > local > parlance) could be scooped up to meet the land filling requirements of the > gas > cracker project. The civil administration here is of the studied opinion > that > such an exercise would be beneficial for Brahmaputra river navigation too, > provided the excavation of river silt is done from demarcated areas as > mapped > by the Forest Department, in consultation with the Water Resources > Department, > engineers of the Bogibeel Bridge Project and > the Inland Water Transport Department. > > Meanwhile, work on the rehabilitation of gas cracker – affected families > (those whose lands and homes have been acquired for setting up of the Rs > 5,600 > crore project) have begun in right earnest, and people are building their > homes > in the designated areas, said a senior district administration official > here. He > said the families are being provided financial and material assistance to > build > their new homes by the government, and that the evacuated families are > cooperating with the administration, much to the relief of both BCPL and > the > state government. > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > Download prohibited? No problem. CHAT from any browser, without > download. Go to http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php/ > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > > From Chandigarh to Chennai - find friends all over India. 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