GUWAHATI

INTRODUCTION HISTORY
Guwahati is the capital city Guwahati, one of the ancient
of Assam and the largest Localities cities of India, was known as
city in the North East region Pragjyotishpur in the
City Corridors
Situated at 26°10 north latitude days of the epics and the
Govt. Structures
and 92°49 east longitude, on the kingdom was known as
banks of the Brahmaputra River. Junctions
Kamrupa in the Puranas
It is the largest Open Spaces and the Tantras (Gait, 1981).
commercial, industrial and Riverfront The boundary of
educational centre of the N-E region. Guwahati, during eighteenth century
The city is located towards the extended from the Bharalu in the
South-eastern side of Kamrup west to the Latashil Chowky in the
district, surrounded by east, Chalabeel in the south to the
Nalbari district in the North, Brahmaputra on the north,
Darrang and Marigaon covering an area of six km
districts in the East, Meghalaya in length and four km in
State in the south and Goalpara breadth (Tamuly, 1992).
and Barpeta districts in the West. With the coming of the
The city is situated on an British, Guwahati began to grow
undulating plain with varying POPULATION DENSITY PLAN -1971 POPULATION DENSITY PLAN -2011 as a modern town. The town was
altitudes of 49.5 m to 55.5 m connected by railway line with rest
above Mean Sea Level (MSL). The of India in 1890. During the 1850’s
Southern and Eastern sides the town had 7,000 persons, which
of the city are surrounded by rose to 11,492 in 1871. In 1874, the
hillocks. Apart from the hilly tracts, town had eight municipal wards.
swamps, marshes, water bodies like
DeeporBeel, Silpukhuri,
D i g h a l i P u k h u r i , H Y P O T H E S I S
BorsolaBeel and SilsakooBeel
etc. also cover the city (City In order to achieve the
Development Plan, JNNURM)1. above objectives, following
The total population of Guwaha- hypotheses were tested in the study area.
ti UA/Metropolitan region is 968, ROAD NETWORKS 1) The mighty river
549. As per the data released by Brahmaputra and three rivulets
Govt. of India for Census 2011, become ineffective due to
Guwahati is an Urban topographic constraints
Agglomeration coming under the in Greater Guwahati during
category of Class I UAs/Towns. flood season every year.
The city is governed by Munic- 2) Water level of
ipal Corporation and is situat- Brahmaputra, equals or exceeds to
ed in Guwahati Urban Region. the danger level almost
every year. At times all
three rivulets,
Area Metropolis 382 sq km (128 sq mi)
Bondajan, Bharalu and Khanajan
Elevation 50-680 m (164-2231 ft)
receive water from their
Population Metropolis 9,57,352Rank
catchment area and inundate
48th Density 2,900/sq km
lowlying areas of most part of the city.
(7,500/sq mi)Metro 9,62,334
BUILT INFRASTRUCTURE IN DIFFERNT ZONES 3) Rainfall intensity is
higher during monsoon period
and causes water
logging in some parts of the city.
4) Population pressure over
limited space and encroachment
upon the land
haphazardly became serious problem
for proper planning.
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5) Environmental
degradation by hill
cutting,earthfilling,deforestation
together with water pollution
and air pollution etc., turned
Guwahati into ecological
imbalanced region.
6) There is a grading of
influence from Guwahati city
to the surroundings, i.e.
Guwhati’s influence decreases
as the distance from the city increases
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Kriti Verma . Ridham Seth . Ritu Thakur. S.Sukhbir Singh Dayal