New Bongaigaon

New Bongaigaon (/bɒŋˈɡaɪɡaʊ/ (listen); is a city in the Indian state of Assam. The City included or new part of municipal board of Bongaigaon District. The town, divided into two parts – Old Bongaigaon and New Bongaigaon, is situated 180 kilometres (112 mi) north west of Guwahati. To meet the demands of Bodos of Assam, Bongaigaon was divided up to give way for Chirang district. Bongaigaon has a major petrochemical industry, the Indian Oil Corporation Limited[1][2] (IOCL BGR[3]).

This article is about the municipality in India. For its namesake main city, see Bongaigaon.

New Bongaigaon
City
Nickname(s): 
City of Railway
New Bongaigaon
Location in Assam, India
New Bongaigaon
New Bongaigaon (India)
Coordinates: 26.478°N 90.561°E / 26.478; 90.561
Country India
StateAssam
RegionWestern Assam
DistrictBongaigaon
Zone1
Bongaigaon Municipal Board29 September 1989
Founded byGovernment of Assam
Government
 • TypeMayor–Council
 • BodyBongaigaon Municipal Board
 • Deputy CommissionerS.P Nandi, (IAS)
 • SuperintendentN Gogoi, (IPS)
Area
 • City874 km2 (337 sq mi)
Elevation
36 m (118 ft)
Population
 • City1,74,810 (incl Bongaigaon)
 • Rank117th in India
 • Metro
1,09,863 (3rd)
Languages
 • OfficialAssamese, English, Bengali
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
783381
Telephone code03664
Vehicle registrationAS-19
Literacy91.56 (2011)%
Legislature typeRailway Town
Planning agency9
Sex ratio912 per 1000 male (Census 2011) ♂/♀
Distance from Delhi1,250 kilometres (780 mi)
Distance from Mumbai1,900 kilometres (1,200 mi)
Distance from Guwahati165 kilometres (103 mi) west
ClimateSemi-Arid (Köppen)
Precipitation1,717.7 millimetres (67.63 in)
Avg. annual temperature26 °C (79 °F)
Summer temperature38 - 40 °C
Winter temperature33 - 28 °C
Websitenewbongaigaon.nic.in
† Estimated as on 2014

The town occupied a place in the map of Indian Railway with the establishment of the railway station in the year 1908. Most of the institutions like ITI, Bongaigaon College, Office of the Assam State Electricity Board[4][5] in the early 1960’s and in fact the very base of the development of the town was laid in this decade only. The development further gained momentum with the establishment of the Bongaigaon Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited[6] (BRPL)[7] Complex in the year 1972 at Dhaligaon and also Thermal Power Plant at Salakati. Though these area are not within the limit of Bongaigaon Municipality the town also caters to the demand of this population. The Bongaigaon Town Committee was first constituted in the year 1961 and was upgraded to a Municipal Board in the year 1977. Presently the Municipal Area consists of 25 nos. of wards covering an area of 14.31 sq m.

Railways

Bongaigaon falls under the Northeast Frontier Railway zone of the Indian Railways. There are two stations in Bongaigaon - New Bongaigaon railway station (2nd largest railway junction of Assam state) and Bongaigaon (old) station. Major trains serving Bongaigaon with major cities are Guwahati Rajdhani Express, Poorvottar Sampark Kranti Express, Saraighat Express, Brahmaputra Mail, North-East Express, Guwahati Bangalore Express, Guwahati Ernakulam Express, Kamrup Express. It is the largest station in Western Assam after Guwahati. According to 2012 budget, New Bongaigaon Jn. is considered to be the Adarsh Station of India.

Biodiversity Special train name Science Express stands on platform of New Bongaigaon Railway Junction
Dibrugrah-New Delhi Rajdhani Express on the platform no.3 of New BNGN Jn. Station

Construction of the 265 km (165 mi) long 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) wide broad gauge Siliguri-Jogihopa line, between 1963 and 1965, brought broad gauge railways to Assam. It also was the reason for setting up the New Bongaigaon railway station.[8]

New railway track from New Bongaigaon to Guwahati was commissioned in 1984.[9]

Saraighat Bridge opened in 1962, initially carried a metre gauge track, which was later replaced by broad gauge.[10]

Electrification of New Bongaigaon Rly. Jn.

Electrification of the Barauni-Katihar-Guwahati line was sanctioned in 2008.[11] In the document on Vision 2020 – A Blue Print for Railway Electrification Programme, in the list of ongoing projects the entire route km (836) is shown as balance work as on 1 April 2010.[12] The entire electrification project is scheduled to be completed by October, 2015.[13]

See also

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  12. "Vision 2020 – A Blue Print for Railway Electrification Programme" (PDF). Ministry of Railways, Government of India. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
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