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Sabarmati Riverfront expands its borders

An additional 40 hectare to be utilised for project, more land available for parks and gardens.

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Amdavadis have just won a Rs1600 crore bonanza on Sabarmati River! And the prize money includes 40 hectare of additional land to enjoy leisure activities, promenades, more greens and breathing space along the Sabarmati river.

The sponsor for the bonanza is the Sabarmati Riverfront Development Corporation Limited (SRFDCL) which looks after the Sabarmati Riverfront project.

The Sabarmati Riverfront project, when conceived in 2003, was planned to tame the Sabarmati river and reclaim 162 hectare of land that was to be used for construction of roads, promenades, parks and gardens. The idea also included sale of some of these land to help manage the project cost.

Seven years down the line, the SRFDCL's land use plan now includes more land under the project with an addition of stretch from Subhash Bridge to Dafnala under the Sabarmati Riverfront project.  The initial project was from Ambedkar Bridge to Subhash bridge. The SRFDCL has added more than 40 hectares of land -estimated to be worth Rs1600 crore - to the total reclaimed land. This has taken the total reclaimed land to 202 hectare.

The new addition was made after the SRFDCL recently sent its Land Use Plan to the state government after discussing it in a board meeting last week.

Municipal commissioner and chairman of SRFDCL, IP Gautam said that after observing the 2006 floods and studying its impact, they decided to add the area from Subhash bridge to Dafnala under the Sabarmati riverfront project.

"The area up to the cantonment was included to stop the flow of sewage water coming from Dafnala into the river. Another reason is the revised cross section based on the detail hydraulic calculations," said Gautam.

He also said that demarcation of the final Sabarmati riverfront project boundary was done after considering the actual boundary adjoining the river and final
urban design.

While, this might sound technical, citizens can cheer as the increase in reclaimed land has led to increase in space meant for public utility.

Of the majority of the reclaimed land, the SRFDCL has planned to utilise most for developing public space.

The best reward is increase in area allocated to parks and garden. According to the initial plan, 42 hectares of reclaimed land was to be allocated for parks and garden but with the new addition this may go up to 76.78 hectare.

This means 37% of total reclaimed land will be used for the purpose.

"We have restricted sale of reclaimed land to just 29. 40 hectare, against the earlier proposed 35 hectare. We will manage to get the project cost from selling off 29 hectare of land. Our emphasis is to give Amdavadis the best of recreational spots," he said.

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