Education Minister Siddhartha Bhattacharya Opens Pump House For Assam People

GUWAHATI: State Education, GDD (Guwahati Development Department) and Law & Justice Minister Siddhartha Bhattacharya dedicated the Noonmati Pump House to the people of Assam on Wednesday.

The Noonmati Pump House is an integral part of Noonmati Basin Drainage System. Water from Mathgharia Hills drain (part-II drain) and Bamunimaidam drain (part-I drain) up to Pump House point flows towards Bondajan through natural gradient but water coming from Jyoti Nagar Hills to the backside of FCI godown cannot flow naturally towards Bondajan hence requires pumping. Following a suggestion from IIT-Guwahati, this pumping station with a capacity of pumping 1000 litres/sec each and the total discharge capacity of 4000 litres/sec has been installed. To power these electrically-driven pumps one electrical sub-station has been installed with two 500KVA Transformer. The estimated cost of the scheme is Rs. 640.90 lskh, a press release said. Noonmati basin drain along with pumping station will be able divert 10 cum of water towards Bondajan and ultimately to the Brahmaputra. This diversion will reduce the load of Bharalu and minimize the water-logging problem in city areas. The areas which will be mostly benefited by this diversion are Zoo Road, Anil Nagar, Navin Nagar, Mathgharia etc, the release said.

According to the press release issued by Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority CEO, the construction of Noonmati basin drain was taken up as per survey report of the TAHAL Consulting Engineers. TAHAL suggested diverting storm water of Noonmati Basin flowing towards Bharalu River to Bondajan for reducing the load of Bharalu. Later on GMDA engaged IIT Guwahati for detailed study and advice.

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