Jayanta Mallabaruah on Flood-Free Guwahati, pipe burst, Water Supply, Urban Forest & more | Podcast

In this exclusive episode of Guwahati Connection, we sit down with Jayanta Mallabaruah, Minister of Public Health Engineering and Housing & Urban Affairs, Government of Assam. From Mission Flood-Free Guwahati and delayed water supply projects to Smart City funding, garbage management, and the proposed urban forest, Mallabaruah speaks about a range of ongoing issues and plans concerning Guwahati and Assam. Watch him speak about: Whether Guwahati can truly become flood-free Why the water supply project is still incomplete The reality of the Smart City Mission Urban forest and future city planning Parking, sewerage, and garbage crisis Social media trolling and public criticism His relationship with Zubeen Garg Working with Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma His personal Guwahati Connection and more Chapters: 00:00 - 00:42 Recap 00:43 - 1:06 Introduction 1:07 - 2:43 Guwahati Connection 2:44 - 4:09 Adda spots in Guwahati 4:10 - 10:22 Dream Guwahati 10:23 - 14:36 Flood Free Guwahati & Sewage network 14:37 - 18:33 Garbage Management & Civic Sense 18:34 - 23:40 Vending Zones & Street Vendors 23:41 - 25:54 Dealing with Social Media Trolls 25:55 - 28:08 Influence of Social Media in governance 28:09 - 32:50 Guwahati's water supply project 32:51 - 38:43 Regulating Jal Board & Ground Water resources 38:44 - 41:19 Frequent Transfer of bureaucrats in GMC 41:20 - 44:54 Why is Congress failing? 44:55 - 46:48 Guwahati's roads, interdepartmental blame game 46:49 - 49:26 The Unipole problem in Guwahati 49:27 - 52:08 Relationship with CM Himanta Biswa Sarma 52:09 - 55:44 Free Entry to Parks 55:45 - 57:22 Relationship with Zubeen Garg & Justice 57:23 - 58:44 Role of Media in society 58:45 - 59:49 How do you want people to remember you? 59:50 - 1:00:29 Favourite Actor & Food ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GPlus-Guwahati's own media network: Guwahati’s foremost media network reaches to over 100 Million people each month using its various social media handles, website, and Android and iOS applications. Subscribe to GPlus to get all the latest video updates |Click Here ►    / gplusguwahati   Visit website: www.guwahatiplus.com Or download the GPlus App: https://onelink.to/3sgevw Social Media Links: Facebook -   / guwahatiplus   ​ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/guwahatiplu... Twitter - https://x.com/guwahatiplus LinkedIn -   / guwahati-plus