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The project aims toreclaim the private riveredge as a Public asset and
restore the citysrelationship ith itsriver!The "iver#ront projectpresents a great opportunityto create a public edge to
the river on the eastern andestern sides o#
The $abarmati "iver#ront project is anenvironmental improvement, socialupli#tment and urban rejuvenation project
that ill rene Ahmedabad!
The project is being developed by the$abarmati "iver#ront &evelopment'orporation (td! )$"*&'(+, a company
holly oned by the Ahmedabadunicipal 'orporation!
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The river originates #rom the #oothills o# Aravalli ranges neardaipur, "ajasthan, and .os donstream passing through
Ahmedabad till /ul# o# 'ambay! The 109-m river runs across astretch o# about 11 m through Ahmedabad! 2t is this stretchthat ould be developed as an ambitious urban reneal project
The project as conceived in 1997, but it gained momentumonly a#ter 3001! 'onstant changes in the plan have escalatedthe project cost #rom "s 451 crore in 1997 to an estimated "s1,300 crore today!
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13000 hutments on bothbans o# the river occupyingnearly 306 o# critical projectarea!
norganied /ujari 8aaaro# more than 1300 vendors onthe eastern ban and 'ourt(itigation!
early 300 &hobis usingboth the bans o# the river #orashing activities!
Thoroughly polluted and
contaminated $abarmati
The 'hallenges
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A committee #ormed underan e;-
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the >rst proposal as #ormulated in 1951 by the *rencharchitect 8ernard ?ohn hich suggested to reclaim 40 ha o#
land on boththe bans o# the river in order to develop a mi; o#commercial, recreational andresidential activities in somepoints o# the river, mainly close to the major bridges! The#easibility o# such proposal as studied and con>rmed in 1955by a commission appointed by the government o# /ujarat and
a #urther proposal as done in 1975 by a group o# localpro#essionals including Ahmedabad $tudy Action /roup, thearchitect
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>rst proposal by architect 8ernard ?ohn
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The proposal ascommissioned to the
@nvironmental Planning'ollaborative )@P'+, hich in3003 merged ith the HCPesi!n and Projectanagement Pvt!(td!,responsible #or the urbandesign o# the project! Theors started in 300 and arestill ongoing!
The project regards a stretcho# 9 m o# the rivercomprised beteen the$ubhash 8ridge and the
Basna 8arrage ithin the cityo# Ahmedabad and its main#eatures are the #olloing
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- the reduction o# the riverbed #rom avariable idth o# 500-400 m to a >;idth o# 37 m, thus reclaiming 1Cha o# landD
- the construction o# "'' diaphragmalls )10-30 m depth+ and anchorslabs )10 m+ to prevent theriverbans #rom erosion! A#ter the>nishing the anchor slab is turnedin
the so-called loer promenadeD- the construction o# interceptorseers on both the riverbans able toprevent theaste ater to .o directly into theriver and diverting it to the to
seagetreatment plants o# Basna and PiranaD- the construction o# "'' retaining
alls )3! - 9 m+ to protect the city#rom .ooding! The height o# the allsis determined by the 100-year .oodlevel! An upperpromenade is created
on top o# the retaining alls
features
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- the dredging o# the river bed in order to provide soil #or the >llingo# the space behind the "'' retaining alls! At least 57!00 cubicmeters are reEuired #or the >llingD
"he main declared !oals for the implementation of
such actions are:- the elimination o# the danger o# .oods in the current conte;t o#climate changeD- the establishment o# better hygienic conditions through a neseerage systemD
- the ground ater recharge through the storage o# ater ithinthe river bedD- the improvement o# the living conditions o# the slum dellers!
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riverbans o# the
$abarmati be#orethe project
riverbans o# the
$abarmati a#terthe project
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Structural %orksF&iaphragm Gall, Anchor $lab, /hats
and "ampsF"etaining Gall, $taircases and "ampsF2nterceptor $eage (ine, @;tension o#Out#alls H anholesF/eneral @arth *illFPumping $tation
eelopment %orks (Ongoing)F(oer PromenadeF"oad and "oad 8elo 8ridgeF/ardens
F"iver#ront aretF&hobi /hatFurther eelopmentF@;hibition 'entre, @vents H 'ulturalAmenities
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