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5. No adverse effect in draining the drainage discharge on account of rise of low water
level due to rise of river bed.
6. Improvement in environmental condition
7. Economic improvement of the community
The pump house has been considered with future provision for Civil work and Mechanical and
Electrical components for present scenario:
• For Mechanical & Electrical Equipment: The pumping capacity has been considered
for 31.17 m 3 /sec. including standby of 5.67 m 3 /sec.
• Civil Structure: Civil structure is considered to be provided for a pumping capacity of
45.27 m 3 /sec (including standby provision) as below:
Present provision:
Future projection - 10% of 141.0 m 3 /sec:
Total:
31.17 m 3 /sec
14.10 m 3 /sec
45.27 m 3 /sec
The proposed pumping station comprises of the following components:
Inlet arrangement
The Inlet arrangement of Ghushighata pumping station will consist of excavation of inlet
channel, pond and construction of forebay.
Pump house with pumping plant
The proposed pumping station will have following pumps with all matching electrical and control
equipment:
• 5 nos. @ 4.25 m 3 /sec capacity (duty) + 1 standby
• 3 nos. @ 1.42 m 3 /sec capacity (duty) + 1 standby
Space provision for 3 nos. of 4.25 m 3 /sec capacity and 1 no. of 1.42m 3 /sec capacity j proposed to
be kept in the pump house to meet the additional pumping requirement c 14.1 m 3 /sec in future
(beyond 2035).
Space required for construction of pump house is about 60 m x 16 m.