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Institutions Functions
Enabling regulatory framework
Window for climate proofing Guwahati
Development Department
Administration department for urban development for
Guwahati city. Coordinates between various
city level authorities in Guwahati city including GMDA, GMC,
AUWSSB, ASHB, etc. As the coordinating department
for urban development in Guwahati, will play a key role
for inter-sectoral coordination for implementation of the climate
resilience plan or strategies proposed as part of various city
level plans schemes.
Guwahati Metropolitan
Development Authority
Master Planning, Servicewater supply, seweragedrainage
facilities and infrastructure provisionroads, street lighting
and Housing for GMDA area areas that do not fall under
jurisdiction of GMC The Assam Town Country
Planning Act, 1959 Guwahati Metropolitan
Development Authority Act, 1985 as amended in 1989
Integrating environmental concerns structural
adaptation measures in development controls, planning
development of urban infrastructure services.
Assam Public Works Department
Construction of roads PWD roads in the city Construction
and maintenance of Government buildings and housing.
Co-ordination with agencies providing managing urban
utilities like water supply, sewerage, storm water drainage, ESS, etc.
Department of PowerElectricity,
GoA including successor companies
of ASEB and Assam Electricity Regulatory
Commission Generation, transmission,
distribution of electricity and provision of power supply
infrastructure Regulating electricity tariffs,
procurement and efficiency in power transmission
distribution Assam Electrical Energy
Regulation Supply Electricity Act 2003
Locating of power infrastructure like ESS in areas of nolow-
vulnerability. Tariff structure to promote
energy efficiency
Assam Public Health Engineering
Department Planning provision of water
supply and sanitation facilities in rural areas of the state and PHED
area in Guwahati With constitution of the
Guwahati Metropolitan Drinking Water and Sewerage Board
GMDWSB, the role of PHED and AUWSSB in provision of
water supply sewerage will become defunct. GMDWSB
will have to be entrusted with integrating structural adaptation
measures for climate resilience.
Assam Urban Water Supply Sewerage
Board Planning provision of water
supply and sanitation facilities in urban areas of the state,
including AUWSSB area in Guwahati
The Assam Urban Water Supply Sewerage Board
Act, 1985
Guwahati Metropolitan
Drinking Water and Sewerage Board
GMDWSB Planning provision of water
supply and sanitation facilities in Guwahati city
The Guwahati Metropolitan Drinking
Water and Sewerage Board Act, 2009 notified
in Dec 2011
Guwahati Municipal Corporation
Grant of building permissions, provision and maintenance of
urban infrastructure services in Guwahati city Municipal area
The Guwahati Municipal Corporation Act, 1969
As the ULB, key role in mainstreaming implementation
of climate resilience strategy for provision maintenance of
urban infrastructure and services in Guwahati Municipal Area
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Institutions Functions
Enabling regulatory framework
Window for climate proofing
Environment and Disaster Management