This guy thinks he is an engineer?
Defies Gravity.
How about him leaving Guahati and settling inSF?
Another Jewel in his(and his boss Tarun's )crown is latest wide advertizement
signed by 3 way-down-below ACS's is asking Guahatians :
" Do you have anything to say re Guahati floods-- here are Fax #s"
After Sinking 250 crores in 2 years making "Effective Drains for Guahati"?
Asking Guests by advert--'You can come and attend my daughter's wedding
reception'
mm> Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 15:10:20 +0800> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:
[email protected]> Subject: [Assam] Artificial Floods in Guwahati - AP
Borgohain> > Without going into the technicalities of diverting water from
Meghalaya, the> points raised in the article seem valid and logical except this
one.> "Let us cut the hills inside Guwahati and fill up low lying areas with
the> cut materials. Let us build wide roads to the top of the hills like in
San> Francisco."> I would have though that if you destroy the hills, then no
hills remain to> build roads. Can't the same be achieved from the sand banks of
Brahmaputra> without destroying the hills?> JS> > >From the Assam Tribune
Editorial> http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=jul0608/edit2> >
> Artificial Floods in Guwahati - AP Borgohain> In 1950, the natural drainage
system along with the wet spaces were> sufficient enough for carrying the
surface run off of the present catchment> area of Guwahati to the outfall at
Bharalumukh. As the low lying places are> filled up and sewage added to run
off, flood occurred. To decrease the> quantity of surface run off, flowing to
the natural drainage system, it is> necessary to catch the run off and divert
it on gravity flow. The level of> Brahmaputra at Palasbari is 6 m below the
level of Guwahati. The storm water> coming down the hills of Meghalaya, enter
Guwahati through the bridges on NH> 37 via Bahini and Basistha rivers near
Khanapara and flowing via Bharalu> river in the city exit Guwahati through the
bridge on NH 37 near Jalukbari.> > Let us catch this water at the foot of the
hills and divert it to Dipar Beel> and then to Palasbari. Let us not allow the
storm water from the hills of> Meghalaya to cross NH 37 and come to Guwahati.
The watershed so contained at> the foothills will form into an artificial lake,
becoming a place of tourist> attraction with water sports in it. Harvesting of
rainwater like this will> assist in maintaining the ground water level of the
city also. Similarly,> the water coming down to Silarshaku Beel from Jorabat
Amsing Hills can be> caught at the foothills and diverted to this lake via
Khanapara. Catch water> drains can be built under the roads in all the hillocks
of Guwahati and the> water can be diverted to Brahamaputra directly on gravity
flow. Then,> Bharalu and Bahini will flow with the run off of the plains of the
city and> there will be no overflowing.> > Let us have a good Town Planner. Let
us cut the hills inside Guwahati and> fill up low lying areas with the cut
materials. Let us build wide roads to> the top of the hills like in San
Francisco. This will automatically stop> haphazard settlement on hills. The
street level in the plains of Guwahati> city maybe fixed at two feet above the
HFL of the rivers.> > Let us evict all the shops in front of residences of
residential locality.> The building Byelaws of the GMDA require front open
space of minimum 3 m to> 9 m regulated by width of street and height of
building. Therefore, all> shops built up to the road or footpath is illegal and
these shops are the> main root of blocking of drains and streams. Even shops
built in front of> multistoried buildings on the main roads are illegal. GMDA
should take> immediate steps to evict all illegal structures. GMDA can
encourage> construction of mall with sufficient parking in each of the
localities.> > A modern sewage treatment plant and solid disposal system is the
immediate> necessity of the city but let us ensure that: (i) there shall be no
house in> the city without a septic tank; (ii) no septic tank should be
permitted> without a covered soak pit; (iii) households disposing effluent from
septic> tanks directly to roadside drains may be fined and sealed; (iv) usage
of> imported porous soil for the soak pit for proper soaking maybe made>
statutory; (v) disposal of sullage (water from bathrooms, kitchens and>
laundry) to roadside drains maybe immediately banned. Owners must arrange> soak
pits for sullage soaking within their own compounds; (vi) bulky> household
waste and solid waste must also be incinerated inside compounds> only. Throwing
of such wastes to roads, rivers, drains, should be severely> punished by law;
(vii) every citizen must keep his compound and the road and> the roadside drain
in front of his house clean: otherwise he should be fined> in thousands of
rupees daily; (viii) all hotels in Paltan Bazaar area and> other places dispose
the sullage into roadside drains. Hotels, apartments,> commercial places
disposing sullage into roadside drains should be> immediately sealed; (ix)
roadside drains, streams, rivers in the city should> carry storm water only;
(x) implementation of the above civic rules will> have added benefit of
mosquito control with empowered existing> organizational structure of the
authorities.> > Let us take the following steps for beautification of the city.
A cleaner> city will draw out its surface water: (a) Let us keep removable big
plastic> buckets, garbage bins with potythene carry bags inside, in large
numbers in> all public places, commercial place, markets, roadsides etc. like
in> Singapore and keep one watchman for regular removal and replacing of the>
carry bags and arrange for their immediate disposal. Unemployed youths can>
take up this business and collect fees from the shops and residents.> > (b) Let
us remove all roadside advertisements. These are unlawful, not found> in Delhi,
give a clumsy look, encourage littering and their legs block> waterways and the
flicker of a glance at these, causes accidents throwing> scraps to drains. Let
us plant flowers and trees instead. When you can build> such costly roads why
do you allow someone to put his sign in the middle of> the road in the name of
a barrier.> > (c) Let us forbid and remove all tea and pan tables, vegetable
vendors etc> from footpaths, roadsides etc.> > (d) Let us forbid and remove
storage of sand, soil, bricks, and aggregates> etc on roads for sale. It should
be statutory that materials collected on> road for construction of building do
not see daylight.> > (e) Let us enforce along the road parking only. Across the
road and double> parking maybe banned. Close all gaps in median in all the
roads of Guwahati.> Like, why do you allow the gap in front of the Saraogi
petrol pump on GS> Road, when there is a rotary one hundred feet away in front
of the> secretariat.> > (f) Let the rickshaws, the autorickshaws, the taxis,
the trucks and the> buses find their own parking lots. Their parking on roads
should be banned> immediately.> > (g) GMDA should encourage multistoried
private parking places.> > (h) Let the city have red lights immediately. Make
GS Road and AT Road> freeways and introduces traffic signal on all other
streets. A disciplined> traffic will receive lesser litters> > Let the GMDA
engage a sanitary inspector, a housing inspector, a health> inspector, a
traffic inspector etc on each road and let them enforce the> building bye laws.
Let them interact with the local residents' Associations.> Superintendents may
be engaged in each locality to check upon the> inspectors. These
superintendents should be answerable to the CEO, Minister.> Let the residents
bear the cost and let them live in healthy Guwahati.> Stringent laws empower
the GMDA but their strict implementation is the need> of the day.> (*The writer
is a retired Commissioner, Assam PWD.*)>
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