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AHMEDABADThe metropolitan city……………………………………

Presented by Guided by

Himanshu Pipaliya Prof. Vivek Sonar

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

GEOGRAPHY

HISTORY

TOURISM AND HERITAGE

DEMOGRAPHIC & ECONOMIC PROFILE

URBAN GROWTH &LAND USE

POLITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

CONCLUSION

REFERENCE

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The city founded by Sultan Ahmad Shah in 1411 AD, lies on the banks of

the Sabarmati river.

The historic city of Ahmedabad is amongst the major metropolitan cities in

India. It's a city where history gently rubs its shoulders with modernity.

The city is the administrative headquarter of Ahmedabad district and is the

judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court is located here.

With a population of more than 5.8 million and an extended population of

6.3 million, it is the 5th largest city and 7th largest metropolitan area of India.

With the increasing opportunities for trade and commerce and as a center

for higher education, this heavy growth continues.

..…ahmedabad3

……...…..ahmedabad at a glance

Year of Establishment - 1411 A.D.

Commencement of the municipal works by ‘Town wall fundcommittee’ - 1834.

Establishment of Municipality - 1858.

Establishment of Municipal Corporation - 1950.

Area of the city - 464.16 sq. km.

Literacy Rate - 73.38 %,

[78.34 %(Male), 67.72 %(Female)]

Religion(%) - 84.6 (Hindu),2.9 (Jain),11.4 (Muslim),0.7 (Christian)

Official Language-Gujarati, Hindi.

Languages spoken Gujarati, Hindi, English

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GEOGRAPHY

The city is situated on the western side of India.

The city is located in a sandy and dry area. Except for the small hills ofThaltej Jodhpur Tekra, the entire city is almost flat.

Since, Ahmedabad lies on the western side in the state of Gujarat, which isbasically a desert area; it experiences extreme type of climate.

There are 2 main lakes located in the city limits – the Kankaria lake, and theVastapur lake.

Kankaria lake, located in Maninagar, is an artificial lake developed byQutb-ud-din Aybak in 1451.

The Sabarmati bifurcates the city into eastern and western parts,connected by nine bridges, two of which were constructed afterindependence.

Though the river is perennial, it gets dried up in the summer, leaving only asmall stream of water flowing.

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Latitude - 22º 58 N

Longitude - 72º 35EN

Altitude - 49 Mts. above MSL

SABARMATI RIVER FRONT

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CONNECTIVITY

BY ROAD

National highways connect cities like Vadodara, Rajkot, Jamnagar and

Mumbai.

The Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) runs express and

luxury deluxe buses to the neighbouring towns and cities. One can reach

the city by taxi from nearby cities.

BY AIR

The Ahmedabad Airport is just 10 kms from downtown Ashram Road area.

It functions for both domestic and international purpose.

Domestic flights on Air India, Indian Airlines, Jet Airways and Gujarat Airways

are available for Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Pune,

Jaipur and several other destinations inside the country.

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BY RAIL

Ahmedabad has a well maintained railway network connected to

important destinations of the country.

Ahmedabad railway station is the largest railway station in the state of

Gujarat.

Various express and super fast trains are available between Ahmedabad

and important cities of the country.

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HISTORY

The history of Ahmedabad stretches as far back as in the 11th

century and linking it self with old towns of Ashaval and Karnavati

about 1000 years ago.

In the year 1411 AD, Sultan Ahmed Shah built citadel and

encouraged development of trade and commerce.

In 1456 AD, an enclosing wall was constructed defining a periphery

to the city-limits.

The city within this wall got structured into wards, organized by 12

main roads each terminating at a gate in the wall.

In 1487, Mahmud Begada, the grandson of Ahmed Shah, fortified

the city with an outer wall 10 km (6.2 mi) in circumference and

consisting of twelve gates, 189 bastions and over 6,000 battlements.

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Evolution of the city

With the coming of the railway around 1860, development began

to spill over (beyond the city-limits) towards the northeast and

southeast of the walled city.

The first textile mill was started in 1861 here by Ranchhodlal

Chhotalal.

This also resulted in the industrial and residential development

across the western side of Sabarmati River.

Construction of 5 bridges – Ellis Bridge, Gandhi Bridge, Sardar Patel

Bridge, the Nehru Bridge and the Subhash Bridge accelerated this

development.

But by and large the industrial development has remained

concentrated on the eastern side and the walled city has

continued to grow in density due to incorporation of fringe areas

into the city limits.

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The city municipality was given the status of Municipal Corporation in 1950

when the city started growing rapidly eastwards and southwards.

In the later part of the century, the western part has developed rapidly.

The city is governed by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC),

established in July 1950.

Realizing the acute need for a holistic approach to the conservation and

preservation of this valuable heritage resource, Ahmedabad Municipal

Corporation (AMC) with assistance from CRUTA Foundation set up a

heritage cell in 1996.

Its main objectives are to create basic awareness amongst the citizens,

promote traditional built forms, support participatory action programmes

and to co-ordinate efforts of different disciplines, stakeholders and

authorities.

It is an advisory board to AMC essentially assisting the Corporation in its

capacity building

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TOURISM AND HERITAGE

The heritage resources in Ahmedabad can be looked at following three

distinct levels:

The entirety of the walled city: ASI has a total of 52 Indo-Islamic monuments

under protection. In addition, there are many Hindu and Jain temples, the

Gaekwad’s Haveli enclave of Maratha period and several other

institutional buildings and bungalows of the Colonial period. At the

moment, these structures are in a state of disrepair except for the few Jain

temples taken care of by the Jain community. The City Wall and its Gates

are equally in dilapidated condition.

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The pols which comprise it: The grouping of houses into pols is typical ofGujarat and especially of Ahmedabad

Destruction and de-structuring caused by new buildings, the invasion ofbusiness and traffic point to a worrisome future for the pols.

The individual houses: The houses of Ahmedabad were traditionally built ofcarved wood and brickwork characterized by low, single family units, ofwhich only some10,000 survive now. The gradual progression of the modelgave way to the transplantation of forms, which were totally foreign tolocal traditions. The apartment buildings are of a mediocre qualityheralding a decline in the know-how and technique. Realizing the acuteneed for a holistic approach to the conservation and preservation of thisvaluable heritage resource, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC)with assistance from CRUTA Foundation set up a heritage cell in 1996. Itsmain objectives are to create basic awareness amongst the citizens,promote traditional built forms, support participatory action programmesand to co-ordinate efforts of different disciplines, stakeholders andauthorities.

It is an advisory board to AMC essentially assisting the Corporation in itscapacity building.

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ECONOMIC PROFILE

Industrial Aspects:- chemicals, textiles, drugs and pharmaceuticals and

food processing

Investment and employment:- Textile and Chemical

21.5% of factories and employs 18% of workers in the state.

Over14% of the total investments in all stock exchanges in India and 60% of

the total industrial productivity is contributed by the district

Industries Name:- Adani Group, Reliance Industries, Nirma Group of

Industries, Arvind Mills, Claris Life Sciences, Cadilla Pharmaceuticals, Shell,

Vadilal Industries Ltd., Rasna, BoschRexroth (Germany) ,Stork and Rollepaal

(Netherland)

Most of The medium large scale industries are presence in the talukas of

ahmedabad

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Major industries

There are around 422 medium and large scale industries based in

Ahmedabad district with total investment of INR 5,45,988 crore

(US$1,33,167 million) providing employment around 79,904 people

Small scale industries

The district has over 23,734 small scale industries generating over

95,591 jobs with total investment of INR 89,356.5 lakhs (US$ 21,794

million)

Ex. Engineering, textiles, chemical, and paper and paper products

with an investment to the tune of INR 68,220 lakhs

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DEMOGRAPHIC PROFOLE

Literacy Rate

MALE LITERACY-87.23

FEMALE LITERACY-70.73

• Total population of Gujarat :- 6.03 Crore

• Literacy Rate :- 79.31% (as per 2011 population

census.)

male literacy :- 87.23%

female literacy is at :- 70.73%.

• Urban Population :- 42.6%,

(37.4% in 2001.)

• Rural population :- 57.4% from 62.6% in 2001.

• Ahmedabad is the most populated District in the

State, with 7.20 million people, up 11.94% from 2001,

followed by Surat with 6.07 million people, up 10.07%,

as per Gujarat’s Directorate of census operations.

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POPULATION DENSITY17

URBAN GROWTHPHASES OF THE GROWTH OF AHMEDABAD

PHASE 1 PHASE 2

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PHASES OF THE GROWTH OF AHMEDABAD

PHASE 3 PHASE 4

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COMPARISON OF GROWTH BETWEEN AHMEDABAD , BANGLORE AND HYDERABAD 21

POLITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

AHMEDABAD URBAN AGGLOMERATION (AUA)

The Greater Ahmedabad Urban agglomeration is an amalgamcovering an area of about 4200 sq. Km is an amalgam of

1. An area of 190 square kilometres is under the jurisdiction ofAhmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC)

2. 150 villages in the periphery of the city are under the jurisdiction ofAhmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA),

3. 9 Municipalities in the periphery of the city are under the jurisdictionof Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA),

4. Gandhinagar and the surrounding villages,

5. Chatral, Bopal and other surrounding villages adjoining AUDA limits.

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Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA)

AUDA was constituted under the Gujarat Town Planning and Urban

Development Act, 1976 in 1978 to regulate and monitor the development in the

periphery of the Corporation limits and the adjoining 300 villages and 9

municipalities.

Function of the authority :- Preparation of the development plan,

Town planning schemes,

regulate the development,

collect the development charges in area of

jurisdiction

In addition to the area falling under AMC’s limit, it also include 107 settlements

around it, 4 towns , 103 villages of Ahmedabad district. The expansion of AUDA

comes of 1,29,465 hectares (1,29,465 sq km) area which include Ahmedabad

city (municipal corporation) of 44900 hectares.

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Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC)

Ahmedabad municipal Corporation (AMC) was established in year 1950

The 190.84 sq km area within the AMC limits consists of :

The traditional city center within the fort walls with relatively high-density

development, large concentration of commercial activities and narrow

streets,

The eastern sector accommodating large and small industries and low

income residential areas

A well planned western sector with wide roads accommodating major

institutions and high-income residential areas.

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LANDUSE

Spatial arrangements of land uses determine the

population distribution and infrastructure demand

patterns in the city.

This section briefly describes the land use patterns in the

city.

The Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA)

is responsible for land use planning within its jurisdictional

limits.

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LAND USE IN AUDA AREA

Total AUDA area:-1294.65 sq. km

Nearly 50 percent is built up.

Water bodies cover 12 percent and watershade

cover 17 percent of area. Industries cover 9

percent of the area.

As per the State Government Policy, no major

industrial development within 24 kms of AMC limit

is permitted in AUDA area. Considering existing

development conditions a certain area for

industrial use is designated for light industry as

well as for general industry, along with existing

industries at Vatwa, Naroda and Odhav (all lying

within AMC), which forms nearly 10.38 percent.

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LAND USE IN CITY AREA

As per existing land use (1997), more than one third (36%) of the total area is under

residential use, followed by 15 percent of the area under the industries. Large

tracts of land (23.44%) lying vacant, mostly in the newly acquired area of the

AMC. Only 9.5 percent of the total area is under transportation network as against

the norm of 15-18 per cent. as specified by UDPFI norms.

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VARIOUS AMENDMENTS IN PROPOSED LAND USE PLAN

There will be separate local area plans for central business district

(CBD), affordable housing zone, and transit-oriented development

zone.

The development plan has also moved 134 hectares in Nana

Chiloda from general agriculture zone to residential zone-2. This is to

facilitate housing under Gujarat Rural Housing Development Board.

In Kathwada, keeping in the mind the expanding Kathwada-GIDC

limits, the Auda has transferred 324 hectares from agriculture zone

to industrial zone.

In Shela, the Auda has earmarked space for a sewage treatment

plant near Enasani village.

In Kamodh village a total of 8.54 hectares has been reserved for a

waste-pumping site and 27 hectares for a sewage treatment plant.

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PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

TRANSPORT

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Traffic Characteristics

Infrastructure - Circular and concentrated around walled city/CBD by five

ring and seventeen radial roads.

Movement - West To East in the Morning and East to West in the Evenings.

Major transport terminals (Railway stations, Airport) are situated on radial

roads.

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ROADS

The city transportation system is predominantly dependent on roadway

systems

The greater Ahmedabad area roadway system is approximately 3478 Kms.

Other than the NHAI

AMC and AUDA, are responsible for developing, operating and

maintaining road infrastructure

Distribution of Roads by Width (No. of lanes)

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MAJOR ROADS AND ROAD WIDTHS34

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CG ROAD

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TRAFFIC VOLUME

Traffic Volume (PCUs)

(9.30-10.30 a.m. and 5.30-6.30 p.m.)

Derived From: Interim Report on ‘Traffic Management Plan for Ahmedabad’, School of Planning, CEPT University: 2001,

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BRIDGES

Bridges across River Sabarmati

Nehru Bridge

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Existing/Proposed Flyovers in AMC39

Accident Rate in Ahmedabad

Derived From: Safe Traffic Advocacy Cell,

School of Planning,CEPT University,

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AHMEDABAD BRTS

• It is oprerated by Ahmedabad

Janmarg Limited, a subsidiary

of AMC.

• It is designed by CEPT University

Started on October 14, 2009

• System length -

66 KM ( Operational)

+ 22 KM (Underconstruction)

• Number of lines - 7

• Number of stations - 92

• Daily ridership - 130000+

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AHMEDABAD BRTS

Dedicated central lanes

the interference from the traffic was minimised

Location of Bus stops

about 400 metres beyond crossroads so queues of buses do not create jams

increased bus frequencies

reduced the waiting period to 2 minutes during peak hours and 8-10 minutes

during off-peak hours.

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AHMEDABAD BRTS ROUTE MAP45

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PARKING

On-street parking

reduces the effective carriage way of roads

observed along the major corridors, in the old city area and the public parking

places near the ST Bus stand, commercial centres.

Parking places are highly inadequate for the high vehicular population in

the city

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VEHICLES

Composition of Vehicles in Ahmedabad

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CONCLUSION

Ahmedabad's traditional socio- economic set up was the most

important asset in its growth.

City governments have proven their efficiency in delivering services.

Business skills and enthusiasm of migrant Gujaratis account for

image of city for investors.

New developments and expansion along with the old planning is a

challenge.

Ahmedabad is one of the best city to live in India.

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Refrence

http://www.ahmedabadonline.in

Ahmedabad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

CITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN AHMEDABAD 2006-2012

‘Traffic Management Plan for Ahmedabad’, School of Planning, CEPT

University

MORTH, Gujarat

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