Overview

• The financing supports continuous metered water supply and stronger stormwater systems for about 360,000 residents.
• Six water treatment plants with a combined 72 million litres per day capacity and roughly 800 km of pipelines will serve Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Dhubri, Goalpara, Golaghat and Nalbari.
• A real-time monitoring platform will target water loss control, aiming to keep non-revenue water below 20%.
• Guwahati’s Bahini Basin will see flood diversion channels, upgraded drainage and a nature-based retention pond to cut flood discharge and improve groundwater recharge.
• Institutional measures include an Assam State Institute for Urban Development with IIT Guwahati, GIS-based property tax, digital water billing, volumetric tariffs and gender-focused training and outreach.