Among the other operational amenities are three boating stations, a laundry campus, two parks, and a riverfront market.
Also ready is the lower-level river promenade, providing a 22-km-long strip for pedestrian use. With the project getting underway in 2005, work on 11 km of embankments on the two sides is complete. “These central business districts would become the catalysts for economic activity,” he says.īy channelling the river to a constant width of 263 m under Phase 1 of the project, riverbed land has been reclaimed to create 11.25 km of a public riverfront on both the banks – 202.79 hectares of land has been reclaimed so far. While in totality the multidimensional project aims to provide Ahmedabad with a meaningful waterfront environment and redefine the city’s identity around the Sabarmati, Phase 2 would strive to unleash the economic potential of the central business districts on its two sides. Says Keshav Verma, an ex-bureaucrat who has taken over as the chairman of the Sabarmati Riverfront Development Corporation, “with most great cities being located on river banks, we are seeking to emulate the Paris model, which is counted among the most comprehensive riverfronts as far as engineering and hydrology are concerned”. A provision of Rs 850 crore has already been made in the state’s budget for the project which would include an extension of the riverfront’s length by 5 km on each side.
On the drawing board under Phase 2 are around 180 high-rise residential complexes dotting the banks of the river, as also strategically located commercial hubs.īuilding on the success of the first phase, which has given the face of the ancient city a makeover, Ahmedabad’s Sabarmati Riverfront project 2.0 is aiming to unleash the city’s redesigned riverfront’s latent potential as a catalyst for economic growth.
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