International Project · Mali, West Africa · 2023 · Zero Inner Pipelines · Handed Over to Bamako Sport Club
This project came through our website from Mali, a West African country — first contacted by an Indian mining contractor working there. After a field study and understanding the customer's demand, we arranged to send all materials and drawings for erection.
A team of members from Mali then travelled directly to our Palani office and visited some of our demo fields to study the complete erection technique and hold direct discussions with our engineers. After finalising all parameters, they confirmed their facility's non-negotiable requirement: "No pipelines and delivery points inside" the cricket ground.
Designing a RainGun irrigation system with zero pipelines or delivery points inside the ground — every pipeline and fitting placed strictly outside the boundary line — became our maximum designing strength in this extraordinary project. It meant the RainGun heads alone had to reach and cover the full playing surface, with all supply infrastructure kept out of play and out of sight.
We took this on as a challenge, finished the project to our client's exact specification, and successfully handed it over to Bamako Sport Club authorities in 2023 — Thumba's first project delivered in Mali, West Africa.
Project at a Glance (2023)
| Project | Mali, Bamako Cricket Ground — RainGun Irrigation Project |
| System Type | Permanent RainGun Irrigation — Zero Inner Pipelines Design |
| Key Design Constraint | No pipelines or delivery points inside the ground — all placed outside the boundary line |
| Motor Power | 10 HP — Submersible Type Pumpset |
| Discharge | 1000 Litres Per Minute (LPM) |
| Operating Pressure | 5 kg/cm² |
| Covering Radius | 30 Meters per RainGun |
| Number of RainGuns | 2 Nos. |
| Highlight | Zero inner pipelines/delivery points — very low ground maintenance |
| Client | Bamako Sport Club Authorities |
| Country | Mali, West Africa |
| Contact Origin | Indian mining contractor, via website enquiry |
| Year of Erection | 2023 |
"No pipelines or delivery points inside the ground — that single requirement drove the entire design. Keeping every pipe and fitting outside the boundary line, while still covering the full playing surface with just 2 RainGuns, is exactly the kind of challenge our fluid engineering knowledge is built for. Handing this over to Bamako Sport Club as our first project in Mali was a proud moment for the whole team."
— Nallamuthu, CEO, Thumba Agro Technologies — from customer project records
By positioning every pipeline run and delivery point entirely outside the boundary line, with only the RainGun heads themselves reaching in to throw water across the playing surface. For Bamako Cricket Ground, this was the client's specific facility requirement — no pipes or fittings inside the ground at all — and it became the defining design constraint of the whole project.
After the field study and initial materials/drawings were finalised, a team of members from Mali travelled directly to Thumba's Palani office and visited demo fields to study the complete erection technique in person and hold direct discussions with our engineers. This hands-on training let their team confidently carry out the erection themselves once materials and drawings were shipped to Mali.
The system runs on a 10HP submersible-type pumpset delivering 1000 litres per minute at 5 kg/cm² pressure, feeding 2 RainGuns positioned to cover a 30-meter radius each — entirely from outside the ground's boundary line.
This project came through Thumba's website — we were first contacted by an Indian mining contractor working in Mali, West Africa. After a field study and understanding the customer's demand, materials and drawings were arranged for shipment and erection, leading to this cricket ground project for Bamako Sport Club authorities.
Yes. The Bamako Cricket Ground project in Mali, West Africa demonstrates Thumba's capability to design, ship and support RainGun irrigation systems outside India — including training client teams directly at our Palani office before their own on-site erection.
From cricket and football grounds to overseas installations — we'll design, ship and support your project just as we did for Bamako Sport Club.
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