Analysis of Physical Infrastructure of Roorkee Town

7/29/2019 Analysis of Physical Infrastructure of Roorkee Town

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Location of Roorkee

Roorkee is a city and seat of a municipal council in Haridwar district, Uttarakhand, in far northern India. It is on the

banks of the Ganges canal on the national highway between Delhi and Dehradun. Roorkee is known for Roorkee

Cantonment, one of the country's oldest and the headquarters of Bengal Engineer Group (Bengal Sappers) since

1853. The renowned engineering college IIT Roorkee is located in this town.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Location of

Uttarakhand state in

India

Location of Haridwardistrict in Uttarakhand

Roorkee town

Location of Roorkee

town in district

Haridwar


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Regional Setting

To Haridwar

From New Delhi

New Delhi: 170Km via NH 58

Haridwar: 30 Km via NH 58

Houses:

Bengal Engineer Group

(estd.1853)

IIT Roorkee

Central Building Research Institute

National Institute of Hydrology

Latitude of 29 51' North

Longitude of 77 54' East

Altitude of 274 meters.

Surrounding Villages:

Mazri (14 km)

Piran Kaliyar (8Km)

Sunehrah (10 Km)


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Roorkee finds its importance by being the host of many prominent institutions and

organizations. The city has contributed to the national development by producing the

finest quality engineers from the renowned University of Roorkee, now called the Indian

Institute of Technology, Roorkee. It is also the home of various government research

institutes as Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Irrigation Research Institute (IRI) and

the National Institute of Hydrology (NIH). It also has an army base of Bengal Engineering

Group & Centre (BEG&C).

The town is also famous for the big Ganges canal, the brainchild ofSir Proby Thomas

Cautley that flows on a bridge crossing a seasonal river, Solani which was built by the

British in 1854 and augmented recently. The aqueduct to carry the canal is half a

kilometer long and as a result, the canal flows at a height of 25 metres over the original

river.

Roorkee is also the place where the first locomotive engine named Mary Lind,

especially shipped from England moved on rails in India. Mary Lind ran in year 1846,

well before the first passenger train from Bombay to Thane.

POPULATION OF MUNICIPAL DOMAIN- 1,20,000(Census 2011)

NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS- 21000


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YEARLY TRENDS: WEATHER AVERAGES & EXTREMES

The following charts show yearly weather trends with information on monthly weather averages

and extremes.

Temperature

The chart below plots the average high and low temperature for each month of the year. It also

shows the maximum and minimum recorded temperatures.

Climatic Data


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Precipitation Amount

The chart below plots the average monthly precipitation amount.

Source

http://www.myweather2.com/activity/play-weather-

maps.aspx?mapid=18&id=68414&maptype=CLOUD


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Rain days

The chart below plots the average number of

days in any month that you can expect to see

rain falling.

Wind Speed

The chart below plots the average daily wind

speed you can expect for any month. It also

shows the maximum recorded sustained wind

speed for each month.


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Chronological growth of the town


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Comparison of growth

1970 2012


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ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS

1.Growth pattern does not follow

any of the classical theories in all

respects though there are somesimilarities in respect of few

zones/sectors.

2.Developments have mostly

taken place along main transport

routes and have taken place shape

of ribbon development in many

places.

3.Because of absence of major

industrial base, the town has

conspicuous absence of slum like

low class residential

zone/sector/nucleus.

4.Villages on fringes from a kind of

commuter zone or residentialsuburbs.

5.Civil lines area, though small in size has assumed

character high class residential development due to

influence of IIT and Cantonment.

6.Various institutions on eastern side and Solani

river apparently have acted as barrier to physicalshape of the town in that direction.

7.Large proportion of areas showing high class

residential development helps in establishing

educated elitist character of the town.

8.Latest trend of isolated development along Delhiroad and to lesser extend to Haridwar road appears

to be due to natural barrier to Solani river.

9.Pollution is comparatively less as compared to

other towns.

10.Generally growth on the periphery of the town is

uncontrolled.

11.Conversion of agriculture land along main road

into residential and commercial use

12.Development has taken place on almost all sidesparticularly along major axes of the town.

LAND USE MAP ROORKEE MUNICIPAL AREA 2013


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LAND USE MAP-ROORKEE MUNICIPAL AREA 2013


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BASE MAP-ROORKEE MUNICIPAL AREA 2013


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Municipal boundary

NH 73

NH 58

THE MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY AND THE NATIONAL

HIGHWAYS CROSSING IT

MAJOR ROAD NETWORK


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The road network connection and

the major roads as highlighted


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Various roads

NH 58- Connecting roorkee WITH HARIDWAR

NH 73- Connecting roorkee with HARYANA

OTHER MAJOR ROADS ARE:

Upper ganga canal road

Right bank canal road

Dehradun saharanpur road

Pahadi bazar road

Railway road


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NH 73National Highway 73 (NH

73) is a National Highway

in Northern India that

connects Roorkee in

Uttarakhand to Panchkula

in Haryana. The highway is

188 km (117 mi) long.[1] It

covers a distance of 108

km (67 mi) in Haryana, 59

km (37 mi) in Uttar

Pradesh and 21 km (13 mi)

in Uttarakhand.


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NH 58

National Highway 58 (NH 58) is a national

highway in India. It links Ghaziabad in Uttar

Pradesh near New Delhi with Badrinath and

Mana Pass in Uttarakhand near Indo-Tibet

border. This 538 km (334 mi) highway starts

from Mana village near Indo-Tibet border

north of Badrinath temple and passes through

Badrinath, Joshimath, Chamoli, Vishnuprayag,

Nandaprayag, Karnaprayag, Rudraprayag,

Srinagar, Devprayag, Rishikesh, Haridwar,

Roorkee, Muzaffarnagar, Meerut and

Modinagar and ends at Ghaziabad near the

border with Delhi.

Of its total length, the NH 58 traverses 165

km (103 mi) in Uttar Pradesh and 373 km (232

mi) in Uttarakhand.


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Roads and their conditions


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Roads and their conditions


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PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDY

Ci il li NORTH


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Civil lines NORTH

Characteristics:Predominantly administrative buildings and old

constructions such as the Church building.

Low population density.Wide roads.

Wide Roads

Office of Executive Engineer

Reli ious Buildin : Church

Ci il li CENTRAL


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Civil lines CENTRAL

Characteristics:Predominantly commercial area.

High population density

Narrow roads due to encroachment by shops.

Problems of traffic related seggregation due to

absence of space for parking or pedestrians.

Civil Lines Main Bazaar

Civil Lines Main Bazaar

Nagar Palika Office

Civil lines SOUTH


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Civil lines SOUTH

Characteristics:Predominantly low rise residential area

Low population density

Wide roads

Canal Road

Cinema Hall

Government Residences


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Roorkee Town

Ganeshpur Location


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Roorkee Town

Purwa dindayal Location

Ch di


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Roorkee Town

Chaw mandi

Location


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Roorkee Town

Amber talab Location


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RAMNAGAR NORTH

AND SOUTH

Characteristics:Majorly a residential ward having

major commercial areas along the

National Highway.

Settled as a refugee camp, Ramnagarhas emerged as one of the better

areas of Roorkee town.

It has a mixture of wide and narrow

roads and many important buildings

like the jail or the High Court.


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SOOT, SATTI

MOHULLA AND

RAJPUTANA WARD

Characteristics:

1. Mixed use area with tradional

houses.

2. Old market and Sabzi mandi

area generates a lot of traffic and

chaos.

3. Narrow roads andencroachments by the shops.

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Analysis of Physical Infrastructure of Roorkee Town