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Having opened its third hotel property in Gujarat, Fortune Park Hotels, a wholly owned subsidiary of ITC Ltd, is now scouting for potential greenfield and brownfield projects in cities like Vadodara, Rajkot and Gandhidham.

Gujarat, namely Vadodara, Rajkot and Gandhidham, are on our radar. We are surveying and scouting greenfield and brownfield properties in these cities but are yet to finalise any deals," said Pawan Verma, senior executive vice president, ITC Ltd. - Hotels Division, at the launch Fortune Inn Haveli in Gandhinagar. Owned by Gandhinagar Hotels Limited and managed by Fortune Hotels, the upscale brownfield hotel is a refurbished heritage property offers 84 rooms including 56 Standard Rooms, 14 Fortune Club Rooms and 14 Suites.

Apart from the recently launched Fortune Inn Haveli in Gandhinagar, Fortune Hotels runs Fortune Landmark in Ahmedabad and Fortune Park in Vapi, in Gujarat. According to Vinod Joshi, chairman and managing director of Gandhinagar Hotels Limited., "Before tying up with Fortune Hotels, we invested around Rs 20 crore in refurbishing the property and bringing it to ITC standards. Subsequently, room tariffs have risen to $80-100."

On its part, Gandhinagar Hotels Limited is also planning to invest Rs 80-90 crore for a budget hotel in the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT). "We have applied for a 250-rooms budget hotel at the upcoming GIFT City. However, things have not finalised yet," Joshi added.

Talking about upcoming properties, Suresh Kumar, president, Fortune Park Hotels Ltd. said, "We currently have 34 operational Fortune Hotels in India with 58 alliances, 4777 rooms in 44 locations across the country. This financial year, Fortune Inn Haveli is our ninth hotel launch in the country. We will be expanding our presence in key markets in accordance to market demand. The hotels that are scheduled to open in the next 3-4 months include Fortune Select Excalibur in Gurgaon and Fortune Select Loudon, Kolkata, both being our second operating properties in the respective cities."

Meanwhile, Verma added that the company is also in talks with heritage property owners in Gujarat for possible tie-ups for heritage hotels. In next 12-18 months, the company plans to open 25 more hotels, some of which will come up in the NCR in the wake of upcoming Commonwealth Games.

ITC Ltd. operates four brands in hospitality including ITC Hotels, Welcome Hotels, Fortune Hotels, and Welcome Heritage Hotels.

Having opened up its first property in Gujarat at Ahmedabad, Royal Orchid Hotels Limited is now looking to open its second property in the state at Vadodara. While the company manages a 4-star business hotel under the brand name Royal Orchid Central at Ahmedabad, it plans to open its budget hotel brand Peppermint in Vadodara by September this year.

The 80-room budget hotel is likely to come up in a leased property, said Chender Baljee, chairman and managing director of Royal Orchid Hotels Limited, refusing to divulge further details of the upcoming property. For its upcoming hotel projects, the company is focusing on leased properties and management contracts for tier-II and tier-III cities. "Going forward, we are looking at leased and management contracts for tier-II and tier-III cities. On the other hand, we will be investment for our own properties in tier-I cities," Baljee added.

At an investment of Rs 500 crore, the company is coming up with four hotel projects in cities like Jaipur, Shimoga, Navi Mumbai and Hyderabad in the current calendar year.

In Gujarat, for its business hotel in Ahmedabad, Royal Orchid Hotels is expecting a major influx of clientele from pharma industry, followed by auto and IT. While Royal Orchid Central in Ahmedabad was launched in December 2009 at an investment of Rs 42 crore, the company expects a revenue of Rs 15 crore from the 104-rooms property for the financial year 2010-11.

The hotel chain is also planning to open an overseas property in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. "We will be investing around Rs 100 crore to open our first international resort in 2012 at Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. We have bought a 300 acres land in the country where a 120-rooms hotel-cum-resort will come up," Baljee added.

thanks man u r doing great job

thanx..............:cheers:

Friends, if any body can help me, as one of my friend in Delhi want to establish a manufacturing unit in vadodara. He basically belongs to Bhavnagar and settled in Delhi having a well established business. He is searching for a piece of industrial land in any of the vadodara GIDC.
See if any body can help....

Hi

Can someone suggest what area in Vadodra is the best for a luxury apartment that I wish to purchase?

Thanks you
Sam11

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Hi

Can someone suggest what area in Vadodra is the best for a luxury apartment that I wish to purchase?

Thanks you
Sam11

try areas like, gotri, vasna, sevasi, old padra road, akota, vip road, race course road, sama - savli , atladara, and manjalpur....

Thanks for the response and the suggestion

Too many to choose from, please narrow down the best for potential return on investment in your view

i guess..gotri and sevasi are the best ones

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It has been long that I have not got any updates abt indiabulls (Vadodara High Street) project.....


any one having any idea....or snap of that place plz share...

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The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) has decided to form a company to carry on the development work on the Vishwamitri riverfront project. A proposal in this regard will be discussed in the VMC general board.

VMC plans to carry out the redevelopment on the lines of the Sabarmati Riverfront Development Project. The civic body will soon submit the proposal to formulate the company, which will be fully involved in the development and progress of the Vishwamitri project, said officials.

VMC has also submitted a list of three proposed names for the company: Vadodara Riverfront Corporation Ltd, Vishwamitri Riverfront Development Corporation Ltd. and Vishwamitri Riverfront and Re-sectioning Corporation Ltd.

The core members of the company will have the Municipal Commissioner as the Chairman. The team of directors will include the Mayor; leader of the Opposition party; secretary of the Town Development department, Gujarat; City Collector; town planning expert; two technocrats and one businessman.

The civic body has decided that an amount of Rs 50 lakh will be needed as seed capital to establish the company and Rs 45 lakh to run it.

The company will take decisions on every aspect of the riverfront project including the relocation of slums, cleaning up the riverfront, and creating a crocodile park in the area.

Vadodara: Kemrock Industries and Exports Ltd, a manufacturer of FRP and composites in India, has commissioned India's first Carbon Fibre Facility near Vadodara in Gujarat. The company has invested nearly Rs. 200 crore in setting up this facility, with technical know-how from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore.

The initial manufacturing capabilities of 400 tpA will produce aerospace grade carbon fiber and prepregs. In the second phase, which is expected to be completed in four to five months, another 400 tpA will be added, taking the capacity of the plant to 800 tpA. The new plant expected to start commercial production soon.

Kalpesh Patel, chairman & managing director, Kemrock Industries, said that the company plans to invest Rs 1,500 to Rs 2,000 crore ($300 to 400 million) in next five years and Rs 300 to Rs 400 crore for expansion of the Saertex Kemrock JV in the current year. He also said that talks for setting up joint venture projects were progressing.

The project investment of Rs. 200 crores has been financed through a mix of equity, debt and internal accruals.

The carbon fiber manufacturing facility is fully integrated, which includes polymerization, wet spinning, oxidization & carbonization and includes all utilities for effluent & waste management. This integration will ensure the right quality of precursor (special acrylic fiber) for aerospace grade carbon fiber, thereby serving the nation's requirements in those defence & aerospace sectors lead by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.(HAL), Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) & Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC).

Over the next five years Kemrock is expected to supply supply approximately 1,500 tonnes of carbon fibre products to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO).

"With the commissioning of this unit, we complete the most ambitious project since our inception. Today, we unveil a new chapter that would propel our company to greater heights in the coming years. ln-house production of carbon fibre is the first step towards establishing a self sufficient domestic capability to produce composite products for the aerospace, defence and wind energy markets. The carbon fibre capability will be a strategic fit to our existing operations, augmenting our resin production, technical fabric capability and moulding ability," said Kalpesh Patel.

Some of the production from the new plant will be exported to USA, European countries and other countries after meeting the domestic requirements.

The plant was inaugurated by the Former President of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam on Sunday.

Shri.Nitinbhai Patel (Minister-Gujarat State, Water supply,Water Resources (Excluding Kalpsar Division),Urban Development & Urban Housing, Dr. K Radhakrishnan (Chairman, ISRO) (Chairman and Secretary Department of Space), Dr. V K Saraswat (Scientific Advisor to RM and Secretary, Department of Defence R&D), Prof Samir K Brahmachari Director General (CSIR) & Secretary (DSIR) were present on the occasion.

Kemrock Industries and Exports Ltd. manufactures Unsaturated Polyesters, Vinyl Esters, Epoxy and Phenolic Resins & GRP/ FRP (Fibre Reinforced Plastic) Products viz. Gratings, Piping Systems, Pultruded Shapes, Windmill Blade, Lighting Poles, Access Systems, Handrails & Ladders, Carbon Fibre, Rail Coach Interiors & Exteriors, Cable Management Systems, etc. The company's vision is to create and set up a truly Composite Village in India.

Georgia-Pacific Kemrock International Private Limited (GPK) offers high-performance thermosetting resins for a wide range of specialty Industrial applications including Composites, Foundry, and Coated Abrasives. The resins are manufactured by Kemrock Industries at its facility in Vadodara (Baroda), India, and are available to markets in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.

The products available include phenolic resins developed and licensed by Georgia-Pacific and polyesters, vinyl esters, and epoxies manufactured by Kemrock Industries.

The company expects 25 per cent of it's sales from the composites business.

With Rs 750 to 800 crore orders on hand, Kemrock expects it's turnover to reach Rs 800 crore in 2010-11. The company had a turnover of Rs 364 crore in 2008-09 and approximately Rs 450 crore in 2009-10.

In carbon fibre market Japan is the global leader, with 70 per cent market share.

Currently North America and Europe accounts for about three quarters of the USD 85 billion global composites industry. The Asia-Pacific region represents about 20% of the market and the rest for the world accounting for the remainder. Market projections suggest that Asia will be leading the growth in global composites industry, with CAGR of > 5% by 2013. At this growth rate, Asia will represent around 40% of the total composites market.

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It has been long that I have not got any updates abt indiabulls (Vadodara High Street) project.....


any one having any idea....or snap of that place plz share...

i'm in baroda now, will try to post some pictures as well...

from outside it looks quite done, but there's a flyover under construction on that road, so even if the building is constructed it will have to wait... 2 years at least...

i'm in baroda now, will try to post some pictures as well...

from outside it looks quite done, but there's a flyover under construction on that road, so even if the building is constructed it will have to wait... 2 years at least...

Thanks for that info....will wait for ur snaps.......:)

and if possible wht happened to cinemall?:ohno:

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Thanks for that info....will wait for ur snaps.......

and if possible wht happened to cinemall?
cinemall is done, and some shopping mall inside has started operations also, although the movie theatre(s) and small shops are still closed.

cinemall is done, and some shopping mall inside has started operations also, although the movie theatre(s) and small shops are still closed.

thanks for the info........

still waiting for indiabulls snaps....frm ur side.....

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You always bring something special to this forum. Thanks bro!!!:banana:

You always bring something special to this forum. Thanks bro!!!:banana:

thanx buddy..after long time huh...

THE TALE OF TWO CITIES: MYSORE & BARODA

By Vinay Parameswarappa

Vinay Parameswarappa, Founder, Royal Mysore Walks, is an engineer, who had been working in Singapore for a brief while. Inspired by the extremely well-organised walking tour of Singapore, he decided to return to Mysore, the city of his birth and try out this new venture here. Vinay first started off by organising walking tours of city for the trainee officers coming to the Administrative Training Institute (ATI) on Lalitha Mahal Road before launching his tours commercially.

I was in Ahmedabad recently on an invitation by the Deputy Municipal Commissioner of Baroda, who was in Mysore sometime back and attended a Walking tour by Royal Mysore Walks. He wanted me to experience the Walking Tours in Baroda. I just couldn't help but notice how similar this city is to our very own Mysore. With so many connections, it could just surprise you !

The Maharajas

Sayyaji Rao Road, the main thoroughfare in Mysore, is named after the Maharaja of Baroda, Sayyaji Rao Gaekwad. The legendary Maharaja is said to have been adopted by the Royal family. The story goes that as a young boy he was asked by the queen as to why he was called to the Palace and the boy grandly announced with confidence , ‘I have come here to rule!’ Impressed, he was appointed the heir apparent. Baroda's reformation as a cultural and academic city was due to his efforts.

One of the main thoroughfares in Baroda is named after Chamarajendra Wadiyar but is more familiarly known as Palace Road! Chamarajendra Wadiyar was an adopted Maharaja too ! Historian Ramchandra Guha says, most Maharajas of India were useless except for two of them — Maharaja Sayyaji Rao Gaekwad of Baroda and Maharaja Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV of Mysore for their contributions to their respective kingdoms !

Raja Ravi Verma

The famous Fateh Singh Museum of Baroda boasts of good collections of the paintings of Raja Ravi Verma. Ravi Verma even had his studio next to the museum. But this Museum is surely one of the best kept ones in India with a great collection of paintings and sculptures from across the globe. Jaganmohan Art Gallery in Mysore too has some priceless collections of Ravi Verma.

The Musicians

Ustad Faiyaz Khan, the court musician of the Baroda Kingdom, was an exponent in Hindustani classical music. In 1908, a grand competition was arranged in Mysore where he sang so splendidly that he eventually won the top spot for which the Maharaja of Mysore awarded him the title “Aftab-e-Mousiqui” meaning the ‘The Sun of Music’. Veene Sheshanna, the famous veena exponent in the Royal Court of Mysore when on a visit to Baroda, performed for the Gaekwad Maharaja, who was so pleased with the recital that he had Veene Sheshanna carried in a palanquin in a procession.

The Markets

In the heart of Baroda you have the bustling and colourful marketplace Khande Rao Market in a stately building selling fresh flowers, colours and vegetables, built by Maharaja Sayyaji Rao in 1906 to commemorate the silver jubliee celebration of his rule and gifted it to the Baroda Muncipality. Its resemblance to our century-old Devaraja Market is striking.

Clock Towers

You even find quite a few clock towers in Baroda just like how you find them in Mysore. It was generously erected in the city by the Royalty back then for the benefit of their subjects. You find a very prominent one very close to the Baroda City Railway Station.

Laxmi Vilas Palace, Baroda

The majestic Laxmi Vilas Palace in the heart of the city has more than 3000 beautiful stained glass windows, all imported from Belgium. The architect of the Laxmi Vilas Palace was an Englishman named Major Charles Mant, who committed suicide in the 1890s for fear he had got his calculations wrong and that the Palace would fall down ! It still stands strong even today ! Unfortunately this Palace is very poorly maintained and is still the private property of the Royal family of Baroda ! In fact the central Arch of the Amba Vilas Palace in Mysore is modeled after the Laxmi Vilas Palace !

Libraries

You also have an Oriental Library in Baroda which was inspired by the Oriental Research Institute library in Mysore, built in 1887, to commemorate the jubilee year of Queen Victoria reign. The century-old Central Library in Baroda with its scores of rare books has an entire flooring made of Belgium glass and when you walk on it in the first and second floors, it sure makes you jittery. The Central Library of Mysore might not be housed in a similar setting but set up in the Chamarajendra Technical Institute building, once upon a time it sure was a treasure for book-lovers !

Baroda is home to the famous Maharaja Sayyaji Rao University. Initially it started off as Baroda college and later on acquired the status of a University. The Mysore University set up in 1916 was the first among the Princely States in India, for which Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV sent study teams to great Universities around the world to come up with what is the best model for Mysore. Both are housed in beautiful Heritage Buildings !

One could go on with more such familiar sites in Baroda like the imposing Nyay Mandir, the Law Courts, the old city and its town planning, the beautiful man-made lakes, sprawling gardens, cricket grounds and lush green golf courses so much like how it is in Mysore. In fact a popular sweet in Baroda is called Maisur, which is also made from gram flour like our Mysore pak ! As in Dickensenian 'Tale of two cities', there are so many stories that are common between these two cities!
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Shreyas, Can u tell the exact location of virani vistas... coming up?

^Near Sayaji Township, Sayajipura, Ajwa Road, Baroda

Roundabouts planned on overbridge (http://www.indianexpress.com/news/roundabouts-planned-on-overbridge-in-vadodara/643768/2)

In a first of its kind in the state, Vadodara will have two traffic circles atop the rail overbridge being constructed at the Lalbaug railway crossing. The masterplan of the overbridge has been prepared by the engineers of Bridge Cell, VMC, and an Ahmedabad-based consultant. The construction is expected to be over by March 2011.

Officials said it was important to have roundabouts as traffic will be converging from three sides.

Sources said though the civic body has taken a decision on this, the Traffic Department of the Vadodara police will provide inputs at the end of the project, following which the final specifications and design will be decided. The bridge was designed after VMC had decided to ease the traffic congestion between Lalbaug and Manjalpur. The project is funded under the JNNURM scheme and is estimated at Rs 45.72 crore. Construction work started in 2009 and officials have maintained it will take another year for completion

“The design of the bridge is such that we had to include a traffic circle. We realised that the traffic coming from Vishwamitri Bridge and Palace Road will meet at one point and there are chances that the vehicles would move at high speed. Therefore, monitoring the traffic flow is of utmost importance,” Executive Engineer P M Patel (Bridge Cell) told The Indian Express. The length of the bridge towards Kashivishwanath temple will be around 374.7 m, and 382.41 m towards the Pratapnagar side. From Vishwamitri Bridge, it will be 371.59 m and towards the Makarpura side it will be around 384.84 m.

Apurva Parikh, director of the Multimedia Consultants Private Limited, said: “We have a similar bridge in Ahmedabad at Kalupur, but this becomes the only bridge in the state to have two traffic circles. We had to include the circles as we had to consider the traffic flow coming from different directions. As far as accidents are concerned, we will be putting proper barricades and also traffic signages.”

^^ Man the Indian planners are bunch of morons still relying on the 19th century roundabouts.

Vadodara - Mumbai Expressway project picks up pace (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/Vadodara-Mumbai-Expressway-project-picks-up-pace/articleshow/6332620.cms)

The ambitious Vadodara-Mumbai Expressway gained momentum with the appointment of Vadodara land acquisition officer as the competent authority for land acquisition. An extraordinary gazette notified this recently.

The expressway begins at Raika-Dodka near the city and will be built till Mumbai after passing through the western outskirts of the city and Sindhrot-Sevasi. Land in Vadodara district will have to be acquired for the project that will shorten the distance between the city and Mumbai. The expressway has a length of around 380 km and will come up on Design, Build, Finance, Operate (DBFO) concept.

Officials in the district collectorate here said that while notification mentions the route of the road through district and villages falling on it, they are yet to get a detailed list of the land survey numbers that fall on the route. "Once this happens, the process of actual acquisition of land will start. As of now we know that we have been authorised to conduct the process," the official said.

As the word regarding land acquisition spread, farmers in the district have started visiting land acquisition officer's office to know the status of their farms. "But, we are not in a position to pinpoint anything at this stage. We will have to wait for the survey numbers of the land on the route of the land to be relayed to us," the official said.

ABB starts wind power generator plant in Vadodara

ABB’s fourth factory dedicated to making generators for wind turbines has been inaugurated in Gujarat, as the Swiss engineering firm trains its focus on the ascendant Indian wind market.

Located in Vadodara, the plant is capable of churning out 100 generators rated up to 2.5MW each month, and will employ 150 people.

Despite the fact that 300 million Indians – more than a quarter of the country’s population – have no access to electricity, India struggles with power deficits of 12% at peak loads, according to Bank Sarasin.

ABB is committed to meeting the Indian wind industry’s “growing need for components” as it races to catch up with domestic demand, says Ulrich Spiesshofer, head of the company’s discrete automation and motion business.

With 11GW in the ground, India is already the world’s fifth largest producer of wind energy, and the country intends to source 15% of its total energy needs from wind by 2030.

In addition to supplying wind turbine makers with generators, yaw and pitch systems, and other components, ABB has emerged as one of the leading cable suppliers to the offshore wind sector.

Cabling, and particularly export cables, which link offshore transformer stations to onshore grids, is seen as a critical pinch point for the offshore wind industry.

ABB recently clinched a $700m contract with the German grid operator to build an 800MW export cable linking to the DolWin1 cluster of wind farms in the German North Sea.

The Zurich-based firm is also supplying the cable for the BritNed Interconnector, linking the Dutch and UK grids, and another interconnector that will run between Wales and Ireland.

ABB will invest Rs 200 crore by the end of 2011 towards setting up new units and expansion of its existing facilities at Maneja.

source: gujaratmoney

VADODARA: Commuters, who have to bear bumpy ride in posh Alkapuri area of the city, may soon get some relief. Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) has cleared a proposal for recarpeting R C Dutt Road connecting railway station area to Ambedkar Circle.

VMC standing committee has sanctioned Rs 3.47 crore for the project to give a facelift to the road, which is presently potholed despite being city's commercial hub. After corporation dug up the road to lay storm water drains in the first round of monsoon, the road is in a completely neglected stage.

But now the civic body has not only sanctioned money for recarpeting of the road, but has also kept a rider for speedy implementation. The standing committee has resolved that if the contractor does not finish the project on time, he will be penalised three times the project cost.

Read more: VMC sanctions Rs 3.5 cr for R C Dutt Road - Vadodara - City - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/VMC-sanctions-Rs-35-cr-for-R-C-Dutt-Road/articleshow/6428145.cms#ixzz0xgXxLBRa

Source-TOI

VADODARA: Commuters, who have to bear bumpy ride in posh Alkapuri area of the city, may soon get some relief. Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) has cleared a proposal for recarpeting R C Dutt Road connecting railway station area to Ambedkar Circle.

VMC standing committee has sanctioned Rs 3.47 crore for the project to give a facelift to the road, which is presently potholed despite being city's commercial hub. After corporation dug up the road to lay storm water drains in the first round of monsoon, the road is in a completely neglected stage.

But now the civic body has not only sanctioned money for recarpeting of the road, but has also kept a rider for speedy implementation. The standing committee has resolved that if the contractor does not finish the project on time, he will be penalised three times the project cost.

Source-TOI

Modi in Vadodara today to attend 3 functions (http://deshgujarat.com/2010/08/27/modi-in-vadodara-today-to-attend-three-functions/)

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate a 175 meter long Sky Walk ( Foot Over Bridge) on Saturday evening.The sky walk connects Vadodara Railway Station to city bus statio. It has been constructed at the cost of Rs. 2 crore, aiming to facilitate people reach either side without crossing heavy vehicular traffic here.

Modi will also perform ground breaking ceremony of North Harni Over Head Water Project which will be constructed at estimated cost of Rs. 7.73 crore. This ambitious project will provide clean drinking water to 20,000 people of Harni area, with adequate pressure.

The Chief Minister will disburse schemes worth Rs. 24.06 crore to the needy urban poor people of the city during a mega Garib Kalyaan Mela (Economic Welfare Fair for the Poorest of Poor) to be held at Akota Sports Complex. As many as 5239 people will be given away assets and cash assistance under various development schemes. As many as 915 beneficiaries will be given away residential plots and housing units worth Rs. 22.51 crore under various housing schemes set up to help homeless people.

Vadodara collector Vijay Nehra and Municipal Commissioner M. K. Das are working round the clock to make this event a grand success.

It should be mentioned that date of election for six Municipal Corporations in Gujarat including Vadodara Municipal Corporation, is likely to be announced on 30th of August. Code of conduct will be effective from then on. In view of this, the city of Vadodara will witness Modi’s hectic visit, during which number of programmes are organized.

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I am thinking to buy investment property in Baroda. Any suggestion. House if possible. :banana::banana::banana:

thinking of buy a place at ivory gardens, any opinions?
is location good?
rental potentionals?
any help appreciated as never been to Vadodara before.
Thanks in advance

thinking of buy a place at ivory gardens, any opinions?
is location good?
rental potentionals?
any help appreciated as never been to Vadodara before.
Thanks in advance


website http://www.haatheegroup.com/

the location is on NH-8 too far from city.

Its area were industries are growing as it is in belt of DMIC. so yes it has rental potentials in near future.

HALOL (Vadodara): Auto major General Motors India (GMI) will invest over $ 200 million (about Rs 900 crore) to modify existing car manufacturing facility at Halol in Gujarat to make the plant compatible for commercial vehicle production in next 18 months. As part of joint venture with Chinese auto maker SAIC Motor Corporation, GMI is planning to manufacture commercial vehicle in Halol plant from the beginning of year 2012.

Karl Slym, managing director and CEO of GMI, said that the with the joint venture five more models including two in commercial category and three in passenger car segment would be manufacture at General Motor's manufacturing facilities in India. "Already modification of Halol plant has been initiated as the facility was designed as per the car manufacturing point of view. Now we are making body and paint shop bigger apart from new assembly lines for commercial vehicles," said Slym.

Around couple of months back, the company had stopped manufacturing small car Spark at Halol plant in order to create space for commercial vehicle production. The entry level car would now manufacture at Talegoan plant in Maharashtra. Earlier, the car was manufactured at both the facilities. The Maharasthra plant has production capacity of 1.40 lakh unit annually and is specially designed for small cars. Another 1.60 lakh unit capacity is being added at the plant. "At present Halol plants is running on two shifts and as a result of it around 60,000 cars are being manufactured here against the capacity of 85000 vehicles. Once production of commercial vehicle would start here, the plant would run on its full capacity," said P Balendran, vice president, GMI.

Balendran said that around Rs 2,000 crore have been invested in Halol facility as on today and more than 1,200 people are working on company's pay roll. With the new investment and expansion plan on the card, at least 400 new jobs would be created in next couple of years, he added.

Chevrolet Spark and Chevrolet Beat, the two largest selling hatchback models in GMI's passenger car segment, are being produced at Talegaon plant while Chevrolet's other vehicles including Tavera, Aveo, Aveo U-VA, Cruze and Captiva are manufactured at Halol plant. Apart from two models of commercial vehicles, an entry level sedan would be manufactured at Halol as per the JV agreement with the Chinese partner.

Though production of commercial, multi utility vehicles and passenger cars at GMI's manufacturing units in the country are basically to cater Indian market, the company is aiming to tap Asian and South American market in future, said an official in the company.

Surce - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/GM-to-invest-Rs-900cr-in-Halol-for-commercial-vehicle-production/articleshow/6609258.cms#ixzz10O7ENU4e

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Prelude:
The Government of Gujarat through its nodal agency Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission (GSBTM) & Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) are setting up a Biotechnology Park at Savli Industrial Estate at Vadodara. The proposed
Park would be developed as a Public-Private Venture in an area of about 700 acres in three phases. The proposed Park would endeavour to address the biotech industry’s need for specialized infrastructure and thereby encourage new biotech enterprises, drive life sciences research, accelerate commercialization of new technologies, enable biotech organisations to forge alliances and enhance competitiveness of biotech companies located in the State.

Hence, a Biotech Park of world-class standards has been envisaged in proximity to an academia of repute and right admist a very vibrant Biotech cluster of Vadodara.

AdvantageWell established Network of Academic Institutes
Existing cluster of Biopharma Companies
Hub for Commercial Activities
Excellent Support Infrastructure (Social & Urban)

Advantage Savli:
Proximity to Vadodara
8 Km from Vadodara Ahmedabad Express Highway - Mumbai NH-8,
14 Km from Vadodara Airport and 20 Km from Vadodara Railway Station
Dedicated zone within the Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation [GIDC] INDUSTRIAL ESTATE located at Manjusar, Savli Well connected by roadways Presence of Support Infrastructure
1.5 hour drive from Ahmedabad International Airport Vadodara :

Envisaged Project Contours:
The proposed Park would provide plug and play R&D infrastructure in the form of modern modular wet laboratories and also developed independent plots for manufacturing facilities of international standards and common facilities such as animal house facilities, amenity centre equipped state-of-the-art business facilities etc.

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I hope these appts are build with the best material out there as appts are dangerously built.

Any updates about vadodara international airport !!!!!

and kindly upload some snaps of indiabulls progress !!!

highly appreciated :)

Folks,

It's quite fitting for me to start my first post with gujrati saying.

"****** pachi ni dahapan"... I never knew this site existed, I would have loved to consult with you guys before making the purchase.

However the trigger has been pulled....

Thoughts on this wise/unwise investment?

Comments/feedback highly appreciated..

With Regards,
Barodian... Can't wait to visit Baroda again for Bhajanlal nu bhusu/lala mama na gota and jagdish ni bhakarvadi :)

Source (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/Minister-inaugurates-7th-platform-at-railway-station/articleshow/7484177.cms)Union minister of state for railways Bharatsinh Solanki, who was in the city on Saturday, was expected to throw some light on the policies he would adopt for getting the state more trains during the upcoming railway budget. Instead, he was engaged in making counter claims with former railways MoS Naransinh Rathwa on a project.

Solanki was here to inaugurate the seventh platform at Vadodara railway station and to flag off Valsad-Puri train. Rathwa, who was minister in UPA-1 under the then Union railways minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, claimed that the work on the railway platform had begun during his tenure but could not be completed owing to contract-related issues.

"Many projects were executed during my tenure. The work on this platform too would have been completed much earlier but it got delayed due to contract issues," Rathwa said during his speech.

Solanki, however, said that foundation of the project was laid years ago when Madhavrao Scindia was the railways minister.

The project got delayed due to several reasons and has now been completed. The occasion was also marred by controversies over the inauguration of Chota Udepur broad gauge, which was postponed due to internal differences. Sources said that Rathwa's name was allegedly not included in the invitee's list for the inaugural event of Chota Udepur broad gauge.

Rathwa got upset and decided to skip the event due to which the programme was postponed.

Local BJP leaders suggested Solanki to start more trains in the state as it is growing fast and needs more connectivity.

Solanki explained that Railways is the only department that has not increased ticket prices despite rising prices of other products.

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Hi Shreyas,

Are there any developments for bunglows on Bhayli-Vasna Road. I just keep on finding multi-story flat developments?

K

Hi Shreyas,

Are there any developments for bunglows on Bhayli-Vasna Road. I just keep on finding multi-story flat developments?

K

yes there are...i will send you all the links...

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GAIL, VMC form JV for gas project
(http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/GAIL-VMC-form-JV-for-gas-project/articleshow/7886976.cms)

VADODARA: The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) and GAIL India Ltd signed a formal agreement for the gas project in the city. The civic body has been assured by GAIL that it will provide gas to the city at the lowest rates. The agreement was signed in New Delhi on Monday, sources said.


GAIL is looking to develop the company as a model that will be replicated in other states as well. Senior VMC officials met GAIL functionaries, including c, in Delhi to formalize several issues pertaining for the joint venture (JV). VMC was the first civic body in the country to provide piped gas supply, and after the formation of the JV the network in the city will be increased and new CNG gas stations will also come up.


VMC officials claim that the civic body will still have the distinction of providing piped gas at cheapest rates. "GAIL has agreed to provide us the gas at very competitive rates. The company has strong roots in Vadodara and, hence, has taken up the onus to ensure this," said a senior official.


GAIL has already completed most of the formalities in the project. The asset valuation will be doe through a valuation firm and it would be taking another couple of months to complete.

Hi guys, i appreciate if one of you could help in posting the images of Vadodara Central bus terminal which is being constructed by Sphere cube infrastructure ltd...

here is the link

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^^ Wow!!! Wish this model is replicated for busstands all over India

^^ Wow!!! Wish this model is replicated for busstands all over India

In India models and reality differs a lot. Architech will show you nice piece but than why you see reality its same old story.

Even if something nice is built it's not maintained either by the government or people themselves.

In India models and reality differs a lot. Architech will show you nice piece but than why you see reality its same old story.

very true but not in this particular case.

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Anil Group gets approval for Rs 200 cr. mega food park project in Gujarat
Thursday, May 12, 2011 08:00 IST
Archana Aroor, Mumbai

Ahmedabad-based Anil Group of Companies has received an approval from the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) to set up a mega food park project in Vadodara, Gujarat, recently.

"This is based on our interest shown to the MoFPI in Feb this year for setting up a mega food park in Gujarat, followed by presentations. The company received an approval in April," Amol sheth, Chairman and MD, Anil Group, informed FnB News in a chat over telephone.

Amol said that the company would form a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), a consortium of companies from food processing, logistics and infrastructure business of which Anil Ltd, under the flagship of Anil Group of Companies, would hold the majority equity.

He informed that the company would invest around Rs 200 crore for the proposed project towards providing infrastructure amenities for food processing industries and the investments would augment depending on the area of land acquisition.

The company had already acquired about 250 acres of land for the project and the project would be a landmark development creation of "farm-to-fork" infrastructure. The company would leverage its presence in corn-wet milling, food processing, milk and diary products and hospitality sectors, to integrate different aspects of food processing and agri-business supply chain.

Amol further explained that as per the MoFPI rules, the company would submit a detailed project report (DPR) by August-end, based on which the ministry would review further procedures.

However, the food park would help in increased realisation for farmers by creating rural processing infrastructure, reduction of wastage and efficient supply chain and it expects to generate direct or indirect employment opportunities for the people.


Meanwhile, the company also aims to create socio-economic impact through new income opportunities for farmers, by contributing towards the upliftment of rural population.

Giving details about the park, Amol further said that the ideal size of the park would be approximately 30 units depending upon the land, comprising a central processing centre, around 7-8 primary food processing units (built in and around 100 -10 km radius), centre for excellence for research and development, quality control and application labs where vocational training would be given to the interested candidates on food processing and new techniques.

About 20-25 per cent food produce in the country is lost due to lack of processing facilities and inadequate infrastructure for post-harvest. This offers huge investment opportunities across all sectors of food processing.

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Finally, Gotri gets its own police station
May 10, 2011, 10.42pm IST
VADODARA: The city got one more police station on Tuesday. Gotri police station will cover posh areas like Alkapuri, Akota and Gotri. The area was earlier covered by J P Road police station. However, with population increasing on the western end of the city, including Gotri-Sevasi Road, Vasna and Tandalja, the proposal to build a new police station came up.

The new police station has come up on a property owned by Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) located near Yash Complex in Gotri. "The Gotri police station is supposed to come up in Diwalipura area on permanent basis. However, it will take some time before the proposal is cleared. Hence, we have started temporary police station in a building that earlier had VMC`s ward office," a police official said. BJP MP Balkrishna Shukla, mayor Jyoti Pandya, police commissioner Rakesh Asthaana and local MLAs were present during the function.

The city police had carved out Manjalpur police station in February this year from Makarpura police station that used to cover a huge area towards southern end of the city.

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Centre of excellence for nursing to come up in city

May 7, 2011, 10.30pm IST

VADODARA: The first ever centre of excellence for nursing will come up in the city. The foundation stone for the college of nursing that will also serve as the centre of excellence was laid in the city on Saturday.

The nursing college will come up at the Vaccine Institute land on Old Padra Road. The institute is being built at a cost of Rs 40 crore. The state government plans to develop it as a state-of-the-art facility to cater to the future needs in nursing that is expected to become more and more special.

State health minister Jay Narayan Vyas said the nursing institute would provide BSc, MSc and PhD courses. "Nursing is an emerging profession that has bright prospects in the future. According to the Planning Commission, the country will need 12.5 lakh nursing professionals by 2025," Vyas said.

Vyas said the centre will emphasise on specialized nursing courses. "Like medicine, we will need specialized nursing professionals for oncology, neurology, cardiology and infectious diseases," he added.

Vyas said the institute would be amongst the best in the country . The nursing institute at SSG Hospital will eventually be merged into the new centre. The existing nursing institute is the oldest in the state and had come up in 1926 during the reign of the visionary Maharaja Sayajirao III. Vyas said the infrastructure at the new institute would be sufficient for 150 students. At its beginning, it will cater to 60 graduate students, 30 post-graduate and PhD students depending on the registrations made.

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Alstom starts bearings factory for hydro projects
Alstom has early this month inaugurated its Vadodara factory for manufacturing bearings for medium to large size hydro power projects, including large turbine and generator thrust bearings, guide bearings and shaft seals to cater for the hydro power sector in India and abroad. Thrust bearings tolerate much higher impact loads and significantly reduce friction, enabling higher load/speed combinations and cooler operations.

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AHMEDABAD: That block of concrete that Barodians call airport will soon go aerodynamic. After a two-year wait, work on the new integrated building at the Harni airport will finally take off in July and will be completed in 18 months. Former Union aviation minister Praful Patel had initially promised a fully operational international airport by the end of 2010.

The new terminal building will be designed like an airplane with an aerodynamic roof. While the existing terminal is housed in a 7,600 sq m area, the new one will be spread across 17,500 sq m.

Airports Authority of India (AAI) sources said a Delhi-based firm has been selected to construct the Rs 115-crore terminal. Another Delhi-based firm 'Creative Group' has designed the airport. "Approaching the new terminal, passengers will see its aerodynamic volume levitating above the landscape," said a senior AAI official.

The terminal will be able to handle 700 domestic and international passengers during peak hours. It will have a stepped pool separating the visitor area and the check-in zone. Apron services will also be extended for parking seven aircraft.

For supervising the work, AAI has picked up Ahmedabad airport's general manager (engineering projects) N K Shukla. He said the work to raze the existing structure has begun.

Last week, Vadodara MP and state BJP general secretary Balkrishna Shukla had threatened an agitation across central Gujarat if work on the airport did not start soon. Currently, Harni airport operates a few flights to domestic destinations like Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore daily.

"The former aviation minister had laid the foundation for a new terminal in February 2009. It is good to know the project is finally taking off. International flights will see healthy traffic round the year as many from Vadodara and Anand are settled abroad," said a Vadodara-based businessman.

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An IT based Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is being constructed on 550 acres land area in Nimeta, Vadodara by Nipiam Infotech Private Limited in a joint venture with a Singapore firm.

This SEZ will include high class facilities like residential township, hospitals, schools, clubs and recreation for employees of Nipiam.

It is being considered as one of the largest projects in Vadodara, with total investment expected to reach Rs2,600 crores on its completition.

Since Vadodara is famous as a cosmopolitan city and majority of its citizens are educated, it was selected for the SEZ.

SEZ will be constructed in five phases. First phase, which is to be concluded in 18 months, comprises basic infrastructure for the IT park on 100 acres of land.

Construction of satellite residential township for employees and facilities like schools and colleges to impart education will be carried out in the second phase.

Fourth phase will include facilities like custom house, banking and ATM, warehouse and a local and international bank branch enabling foreign exchange transactions.

A textile and diamond park is to be constructed on 50 acres land area in the fifth phase, which will include an exceptional economic export promotion zone (EPZ) for diamonds and textiles.

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Hope this project does go as promised & in full swing.

Any news about the DLF's IT parks?

I read somewhere that it got cancelled, they have backed out, saying it is not viable.

^^ This project has a new name of Chervil SEZ (http://www.chervil.co.in/locational_advantages.php) (+ major redesign) Another decent looking upcoming SEZ close to Vadodara is the Synefra SEZ (http://synefra.com/sez_projects_vadodara_synefra.html).

All DLF proposals in Gujarat were cancelled after Global Financial Crisis, no indication that DLF are looking at the state since.

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Jetalpur over-bridge to overshoot deadline againTNN Jul 21, 2011, 11.30pm IST
VADODARA: The completion of Jetalpur railway over-bridge may miss its deadline once again. The project has been delayed well beyond its time limit due to a variety of reasons. This time around the civic body is blaming the monsoon for the delay.

Work on the over-bridge had begun in April 2008 and it was expected to get over in a year's time. However, service lines, cables and some encroachments led to delay of the work initially. Later, the railways found it difficult to get a contractor for doing the work above its tracks. While Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) was doing the work for the remaining part of the bridge, the railways were to make the part above the tracks for which the VMC was to pay the expenses.

While the spans leading to the portion above the tracks were ready since quite some time, work on laying the girders for the central portion above the tracks began on May 8. It was expected that this would get over in July. However, the VMC officials said that this deadline, too, may not be met due to delays in work.

The VMC officials were initially hopeful that the work will get over in June itself. But delays ensured that the deadline was extended till July 31. "The contractor had assured that the work will get over by July 31. But work has been delayed due to the rains recently. We now hope that it will get over in the first half of August," VMC standing committee chairman Shabdasharan Brahmbhatt said.

VMC officials said the Lalbaug railway over-bridge may also be delayed as work on laying its girders by railways had to be postponed due to a snag in one of its cranes. The work resumed on Wednesday.

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Mukta Arts launches cost effective multiplex at Vadodara


Mukta Arts Ltd. launches "Mukta A2 Cinema^ - a cost effective multiplex-movie -watching experience with competitive ticket pricing, with its first cineplex rollout at Centresquare Mall, Vadodara on July 15th, Friday, The latest movies, including Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 in 3D, will be screened.



Strategically located at the best mall in Vadodara - CentreSquare Mall, it has in its vicinity major brands such as Mainland China, Rajdhani, Cafe Mantraa, Levis, Adidas, Nike, Croma, and Tommy Hilfiger among others. Some of the highlights of Mukta A2 Cinemas are a 4-screen Cineplex consisting of 315 seats, with a nrst-ofits kind 3D Digital Cinema experience for Barodians. The Cineplex also hosts an Exclusive Velvet Lounge consisting ofreclining seats and personal service. An exclusive CafS Park that serves a variety of F&B items at affordable pricing is open to nondnema patrons as well! Online, telephone, and mobile bookings are available. The sole purpose is to treat audiences to more frequent, inexpensive, high-quality movie-going experience, week after week

VMCs Health Centres set for Giant Leap (http://www.indianexpress.com/news/vmcs-health-centres-set-for-giant-leap/821491/)

The Vadodara Municipal Corporation plans to upgrade four of its Urban Health Centres in as many zones into multi-speciality hospitals, Deputy Municipal Commissioner R K Sugur said, adding the recruitment process for hiring additional staff has already been initiated.

“To ensure better health services at affordable prices for city residents, we have decided to develop the infrastructure and hire additional staff. The advertisement for recruitment under National Urban Health Mission has already been given. We will be hiring urban medical officers, laboratory assistants, pharmacists, laboratory technicians and other administrative staff at these UHCs, which will be no less than multi-speciality hospitals,” Sugur said.

The city has 19 UHCs, which were upgraded last year.

A health official said that once these health centres are upgraded, they will ease the burden on SSG Hospital, which is overflowing with patients.

“While all have agreed in principle for the project, we will formally move the proposal in the standing committee and later a final decision would be taken in the general board meeting,” Sugur said.

Hello

Can any one tell me, which project is comeing up in petrofiles township (near Bajwa) as some activity is going on there.

Supreme Industries to invest Rs 114 crore to set up plants at Vadodara and Halol this fiscal (http://gujaratmoney.com/2011/10/23/supreme-industries-to-invest-rs-114-crore-to-set-up-plants-at-vadodara-and-halol-this-fiscal/)

Plastic products maker Supreme Industries will invest Rs 58 crore to set up LPG composite gas cylinder plant at central Gujarat’s Halol and also invest Rs 56 crore to start a new manufacturing unit of cross laminated plastic products in Vadodara.

This was announced by Shri M.P.Taparia, Managing Director of Supreme Industries. Taparia said his company is planning to invest Rs 200 crore in the current fiscal year.

Hi, I am about to purchase new home at baroda most likely area, waghodia road, manjalpur and interested in duplex. any suggestion

Hi, I am about to purchase new home at baroda most likely area, waghodia road, manjalpur and interested in duplex. any suggestion

There is very good scheme shreeji residency at Dabhoi waghodia ring road

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Can any one tell me, which project is comeing up in petrofiles township (near Bajwa) as some activity is going on there.

There will a industrial park and big companies are going to purchase plot there:banana:

Bloomberg UTV special report on Vadodara

R7gbudmmnx4

Can someone list the sector-wise major employers in the city? Also the video talks about Baroda being a hub for medical tourism. I know that Baroda is a fast growing city, but never associated the city to medical tourism and it is a news to me. More info on that front too please.

I have been to Baroda once for site evaluation for one of my ex-company and really loved the place. Another reason why I like the city is I see lot of similarity between Vadodara and my native Coimbatore :)

Have no clue about this Medical Tourism, my suspicion is that it has a lot to do with a sizeable proportion of overseas based Patels being from the Anand/Vadodara Charotar region and opting for cheaper operations in India. :shifty:

Anyway, In terms of major industries present:

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/8086/industries.png

Chemicals (Yellow)

1. Nandesari GIDC Industrial Estate link (http://www.indiacom.com/yellow-pages/chemical-manufacturers-and-suppliers/Vadodara/?area=Nandesari)
2. Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals: “Fertilizernagar"link (http://www.gsfclimited.com/fertilizernagar.asp?mnuid=2)
3. Gujarat Alkalies link (http://www.gujaratalkalies.com/new/history.htm)
4. SABIC (Plastics) link (http://www.sabic-ip.com/gep/en/NewsRoom/PressReleaseDetail/december_15_2009_sabicinnovativeplasticspaces.html)
5. Nirma link (http://www.emt-india.net/eca2004/awardbooklet2004/207-211CHAPTER-27%20%28NIRMA%29.pdf)
6. Dupont (Chemicals/Fertilizers) link (http://www2.dupont.com/India_Country_Site/en_IN/Our_Company/India_at_glance.html)


Oil & Gas (Red)

1. Reliance Industries link (http://www.ril.com/html/aboutus/manufact_vadodara.html)
2. IOC Gujarat Refinery link (http://www.iocl.com/AboutUs/GujaratRefinery.aspx)
3. ONGC


Pharmaceuticals (Green)

1. Alembic link (http://www.alembic-india.com/corporate-profile.php)
2. Sun Pharma (inc R&D) link (http://www.sunpharma.com/RndProfile.do)


Engineering (Blue)

1 & 2. Larsen & Toubro (Engineering)
3. Larsen & Toubro (R&D) link (http://www.larsentoubro.com/lntcorporate/common/ui_templates/HtmlContainer.aspx?res=P_ENC_AABL_NNOM)
4. Makarpura GIDC (various, mainly Engineering)
5. Bombardier link (http://www.bombardier.com/en/transportation/about-transportation/worldwide-presence/india?docID=0901260d8001725d#)
6. ABB link (http://www.abb.com/cawp/seitp202/5259ec82c05eec31c125766d00373a71.aspx)
7. Alstom link (http://www.alstom.com/india/india_locations/vadodara/)
8. Siemens link (http://www.siemens.co.in/pool/about_us/our_locations/siemens_location_list_for_intranet_28-1-09.pdf)
9. FAG Bearings link (http://www.fag.co.in/introduction.htm)

In nearby towns:

Wagodhia

10. Apollo Tyres (Auto/Engineering) link (http://www.apollotyres.com/india_about_operations.htm)
11. Waghodia GIDC Ind Estate (various) link (http://www.indisearch.com/city/waghodia/249)

Padra

12. Gibraltar Glass & Ceramicslink (http://gibraltarceramics.com/contact_us.htm)


To the north of Vadodara are Halol and Savli in the coming years, Govt of Gujarat are looking to turn Savli-Halol into a “Special Investment Region” focussing on Auto, Engineering as well as Biotech and Chemicals.

Halol is currently home to General Motors, CEAT and another GIDC Industrial Estate, mainly in engineering. Vadodara to Halol Highway is where Kemrock and Areva T&D engineering facilities are located. Savli meanwhile, has the main manufacturing of Bombardier where Delhi Metro trains are made)

New flyover to be named after Sayajirao, VUDA plans two ring roads (http://deshgujarat.com/2012/01/28/vadodara-to-get-new-flyover-named-after-sayajirao-gaikward-third-this-monday-vuda-plans-two-ring-roads/)

The city of Vadodara will get a new Lalbag flyover this Monday. It has been named as Shriman Maharaja Sayajirao Gaikwad third. This is one project that citizens of the southern parts of the city have been following very eagerly.

Rs 51 crore Lalbag bridge will be opened for public by state urban development minister Shri Nitinbhai Patel. Two ends of Manjalpur and Kashi Vishwanath mandir will be two way, while Vishwamitri railway station and Pratapnagar ends will remain one way. The bridge is the first of its kind project taken up by the civic body with approaches to multiple directions. It has four approaches towards Pratapnagar, Vishwamitri Road, Rajmahal Road and Manjalpur and two ‘Y’ junctions to distribute the traffic going towards different directions.

Construction of this railway over bridge, as per disclosures made by the Vadodara Municipal Corporation to JnNURM began in February 2009 and a deadline of January 2011 was set. However, this had to be revised and later it was set for March 2011 completion.

In another development, Vadodara Urban Development Authority(VUDA) has planned two six lane ring roads for the city. While 90 meter wide ring road will be 63 kilometer long, the 75 meter wide ring road will be 42 km long.

The first ring road to be constructed will be a 42 km one. It will start from Alamgir and will pass through Ratanpur, Shankarpura, Manpura, Umeta, Sukhlipura, Dumad and Dhanora. Construction of several over bridges is planned at railway crossing, Vishwamitri river and express way junction.

The second ring road will pass through national highway no 8, Dodaka, Fajalpur, Sherkhi, Sangma, Sokhda-Khurd, Patod, Chansad, Vadasla, Alhadpura, Pavlepur, NImeta, Bhavpura, Bhaniara, Asoj and Sokhda.

Can someone list the sector-wise major employers in the city? Also the video talks about Baroda being a hub for medical tourism. I know that Baroda is a fast growing city, but never associated the city to medical tourism and it is a news to me. More info on that front too please.


The term medical tourism is very loose, so wont comment directly on that.

However, vadodra has several private sector hospitals that can be considered speciality and offer good medical services at relatively cheaper costs. They are not national chains, but the doctors are generally well regarded.

If you want some specific information, I might be able to dig it up.

As someone pointed out, due to lack of international connectivity, these are not as famous as say the Appolo Hospital in Chennai. Were connectivity to Ahmedabad improved especially connections to East Africa, UK etc, these would definitely take-off.

@ GJ10 and vadodra007,

Thanks for the info.


If you want some specific in.

No I was not looking for any specific info. Just curious to know on what basis they associated medical tourism with the city that's all.

Bloomberg UTV special report on Vadodara

R7gbudmmnx4

its nice to know that atlast Vadodara is being recognized as the next future city...hope that vision will turn into reality.

Thank u for sharing; very refreshing to hear that there might be resurgence.

I actually did not agree with Some points. For instance, the city benefitted very marginally due to Public sector investment around; if anything, they utilized the city resources and provided nothing in return.

Vadodra also missed the software driven growth due to it's reliance on engg industries. However, that might be about to change. I think the German growth model is probably more appropriate than others here.

Article published in Gujarati daily, Sandesh
Source - http://www.sandesh.com/article.aspx?newsid=43862


શહેરમાં BRTSની ૩૨૫ એસી બસો દોડશે

વડોદરા,તા.૧૭
વડોદરાના શહેરીજનો માટે એક ખુશીનો સંદેશો મળ્યો છે. હવે અમદાવાદ જેવી વડોદરામાં પણ બીઆરટીએસ(બસ રેપિડ ટ્રાન્ઝિસ્ટ સિસ્ટમ)ની બસ સેવા શરૂ કરાશે. શહેરમાં દોડનારી બીઆરટીએસની તમામ બસો એર કન્ડિશન(એસી) હશે. શહેરના ઈનર રિંગ રોડ અને આઉટર રિંગ રોડના હાઈવે તરફના વિસ્તારમાં બીઆરટીએસની અંદાજે ૩૦૦ લો ફ્લોર બસો દોડશે. જયારે કે શહેરના અતિગીચ ગણાતા ચાર દરવાજા વિસ્તારમાં તો ૨૫ માઈક્રો એસી બસ ચલાવવાનું પણ આયોજન થઈ રહ્યુ છે.
વડોદરા શહેરમાં બીઆરટીએસ બસ સેવા આગામી વર્ષ ૨૦૧૩માં શરૂ કરી દેવાય તેવી આયોજનબધ્ધ વિચારણા થઈ રહી છે. શરૂઆતના તબક્કામાં શહેરના ૨૧ કિમીના રૂટને આવરી લેવાશે.
આમ તો દિલ્હી, કર્ણાટક સહિત કેટલાક રાજ્યોમાં બીઆરટીએસ બસ સેવા ચાલે છે. પરંતુ, ગુજરાતમાં પ્રથમ વખત આ સેવા અમદાવાદમાં શરૂ કરાઈ હતી. અમદાવાદમાં બીઆટીએસને સફળતા મળતા હવે વડોદરામાં પણ આ સેવા ચાલુ કરવા માટે ચક્રો ગતિમાન કરાયા છે. વડોદરામાં જે વિસ્તારોમાં બીઆરટીએસ સેવા શરૂ કરાશે તેમાં હરણી એરપોર્ટથી વીઆઈપી રોડ, વુડા સર્કલ, પંડયા હોટલ બ્રિજ, ગેંડા સર્કલ, વીર સાવરકર સર્કલ, આંબેડકર સર્કલ, ચકલી સર્કલ, વડસર, તરસાલી, વાઘોડિયા રોડ, આજવા રોડ થઈને સરદાર એસ્ટેટ થઈને એરપોર્ટ સુધીના ઈનર રિંગ રોડ પર બસ દોડાવાશે. જ્યારે આઉટર રિંગ રોડ પરના હાઈવે તરફના વિસ્તારમાં એટલે કે ગાજરાવાડીથી ડભોઈ રોડ તરફના વિસ્તારમાં આ બસ સેવા શરૂ કરવાની વિચારણા ચાલી રહી છે.
શહેરના ચાર દરવાજા વિસ્તારમાં દુકાનો, શો રૂમો સહિતની કોર્મિશયલ બિલ્ડિંગો આવેલી છે. તેથી તે વિસ્તાર આખો દિવસ વાહન વ્યવહારથી ધમધમતો રહે છે. ત્યાં વિટકોસ જેવી મિનિ બસે પણ ટ્રાફિકમાંથી બહાર નીકળવું મુશ્કેલ બની ગયું છે. તેવા સંજોગોમાં ત્યાં ટ્રાફિકની સમસ્યા અને વિસ્તારની ગીચતાને ધ્યાને રાખીને વિશિષ્ટ પ્રકારનું આયોજન કરી રહી છે. શહેરના માત્ર ચાર દરવાજા વિસ્તાર પૂરતી ૨૫ માઈક્રો બસો દોડાવાશે. તેમ આધારભૂત સૂત્રોમાંથી જાણવા મળે છે.
નજીકના દિવસોમાં શહેરમાં બીઆરટીએસની બસો દોડાવવા માટે અમદાવાદની એક સંસ્થાને સર્વે કરવા માટેની કામગીરી સોંપવામાં આવશે. કામગીરી સોંપ્યા પછી આ સંસ્થા શહેરના રસ્તાઓનું સર્વે કરશે. તેમાં રસ્તાની પહોળાઈ કેટલી જોઈશે. ત્યાં સ્થળેથી પાણી, ડ્રેનેજ, વરસાદી ગટરો, ગેસ કે કેબલની લાઈનો જાય છે. ક્યાં રૂટ પર જાહેરાતની કેટલી આવક થશે. તે બાબત મહત્વની બાબતોને ધ્યાનમાં રાખીને એક ઉંડાણપૂર્વકનો સર્વે કરાશે. આ અંગેની તંત્ર દ્વારા કામગીરી સોંપાયા પછી સંસ્થાને સર્વે કરવામાં અંદાજે ત્રણથી ચાર મહિનાનો સમય લાગશે.
સર્વે પછી સંસ્થા દ્વારા તંત્ર સમક્ષ ડિટેલ ફીઝિબિલિટી રિપોર્ટ મૂકવામાં આવશે. રિપોર્ટ પછી ક્યાં સ્થળે ક્યાં પ્રકારની અડચણો છે અને તેને કેવી રીતે દૂર કરી શકાય તે માટેના વિકલ્પો મૂકવામાં આવશે. આ કામગીરીમાં અંદાજે એકાદ બે મહિનાનો સમય લાગે તેમ છે.
ત્યાર બાદ તંત્ર દ્વારા નક્કી કરાયેલા રૂટના રસ્તાઓ પહોળા કરવામાં આવશે. એટલુ જ નહીં આ પ્રોજેક્ટને મંજૂરી અર્થે રાજ્ય સરકારમાં મૂકાશે. તે પછી કેન્દ્ર સરકારમાં મૂકવામાં આવશે. જેની મંજૂરીમાં કેટલોક સમય જશે. એકંદરે વડોદરા શહેરમાં આ બસ સેવા વર્ષ ૨૦૧૩માંં શરૂ થઈ જાય તે રીતનું આયોજન કરાઈ રહ્યું છે.
બીઆરટીએસની એ.સી. બસોની સુવિધા વડોદરા શહેરમાં શરૂ થવાની છે. ત્યારે શહેરીજનોમાં નવી બસ સુવિધાને લીધે ઉત્સુકતા જોવા મળી રહી છે. છેલ્લાં કેટલાય દિવસોથી તંત્ર દ્વારા આ બસ સેવા શરૂ કરવા માટે બેઠકોનો દોૈર ચલાવવામાં આવી રહ્યો છે. એટલુ જ નહીં આ પ્રોજેક્ટ માટે બે અધિકારીઓને મુકવામાં આવ્યા છે. જે અધિકારીઓ પ્રોજેક્ટને વધુને વધુ ઝડપભેર શરૂ કરવા માટે તૈયારીઓ કરી રહ્યાં છે. બીઆરટીએસ બસ શહેરમાં આકર્ષણનુ કેન્દ્ર બની રહે તેવુ લાગી રહ્યું છે.
વર્ષ ૨૦૧૩માં શહેરમાં બીઆરટીએસની બસો દોડાવવાનું તો આયોજન થઈ જ રહ્યુ છે. પરંતુ, તેની સાથે શહેરની સિટી બસ કહેવાતી વિટકોસ બસોની સંખ્યા પણ વધારવામાં આવશે. હાલમાં શહેરમાં વિટકોસની ૮૦ બસો છે. તે પૈકીની ૫ બસો ઈમરજન્સી સેવા માટે વિટકોસ સ્ટેન્ડ પર રાખવામાં આવે છે. જ્યારે તે સિવાયની ૭૫ બસો આજે પણ શહેરમાં દોડી રહી છે. વર્ષ ૨૦૧૩માં વિટકોસની ૧૨૫ નવી બસો દોડાવવામાં આવશે. તેવું તેમ આધારભૂત સૂત્રોએ કહ્યું છે. તેથી બીઆરટીએસની નવી ૩૨૫ બસો મળીને શહેરમાં આગામી નવા વર્ષમાં ૫૨૫ બસો દોડાવાય તેવું સૂત્રોનું કહેવું છે.
માઈક્રો બસ ઈલેક્ટ્રિકલ હશે
બીઆરટીએસની બે પ્રકારની બસ વડોદરા શહેરમાં દોડાવાશે. તેમાં બાવનથી ૫૬ મુસાફરો એક સાથે બેસીને મુસાફરી કરી શકે તેવી મોટી બસ છે. આ બસ લો-ફ્લોરની બસ છે. જેનું મોડલ યુરો-૩ અને યુરો-૪ મોડલ હાલ માર્કેટમાં ચાલી રહ્યું છે. આ બસ ડીઝલ કે સીએનજીથી ચાલશે. જ્યારે શહેરના ચાર દરવાજા વિસ્તારમાં જે માઈક્રો બસ દોડાવવાની વાત છે તે બસ ઈલેક્ટ્રિકલ હશે. એટલે કે તે બસ વીજળીથી ચાલશે. આ બસમાં એક સાથે બેસીને અંદાજે ૧૫ મુસાફરો જ મુસાફરી કરી શકશે. આ બસ દેખાવે વિટકોસની મિનિ બસ કરતા પણ નાની હશે.
દર ૧૦-૧૦ મિનિટે બીઆરટીએસની બસ મળશે
અન્ય શહેરોની જેમ વડોદરામાં પણ બીઆરટીએસની બસો દોડાવવા માટે એક અલગ જ રૂટ બનાવવામાં આવશે. આ રૂટ પર અન્ય વાહનો દોડી નહીં શકે. તેથી આ રૂટ પર ટ્રાફિકની ભારણ પણ ઘણું જ ઓછું જોવા મળશે. એટલું જ નહીં પરંતુ પ્રથમ તબક્કામાં ૨૧ કિમીના રૂટ પર એક સાથે ૩૦૦ બસો દોડાવવામાં આવશે. તેથી દર ૧૦ મિનિટે બસ સ્ટેન્ડ પર બસ આવશે. તેનાથી શહેરીજનોએ બસ માટે લાંબો સમય સુધી રાહ જોવાની નોબત નહીં આવે. સમગ્ર રૂટ ઉપર જીપીઆરએસ સિસ્ટમથી નજર રાખવામાં આવશે. જેથી બસ બગડે તો તે સ્થિતિમાં તરત જ બીજી બસ મોકલી દેવામાં આવશે.

Can anyone share the plans of new flyovers coming up on VIP road and Harinagar?

Anyone residing in our beloved city can post an update on the airport status with pictures if possible? I haven't been to our city since last 5 years and thereby have no idea of whats going on there. Googling didn't reveal anything either.

(Sorry this is a re-post as I didn't notice this (more active) thread earlier.)

I will be going this July, and looking at all these projects I hope to be coming to a completely new place ;)

Thanks.

Well last i heard they had scrapped the plan of the flyover at harinagar as there was no need for it,but there is no confirmation of it.As for the one on VIP road i have no clue

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EEyUSQFsxEM/T4A42SzuK0I/AAAAAAAAPyc/7q6MWM6S8fU/s400/vadodara.jpg

@ sursagar

Well last i heard they had scrapped the plan of the flyover at harinagar as there was no need for it,but there is no confirmation of it.As for the one on VIP road i have no clue

No idea about Harinagar flyover, but the one on VIP Road is well underway. The pillars have come up on the side that leads to Airport. Will post the pics soon.

Vadodara saves Rs 3.5 crore in street light consumption

The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) has taken action for energy efficiency in street light services and has been able to save energy worth Rs 3.5 crore in a year.
VMC commissioner Ashwini Kumar said by implementing the international level lighting and intelligent street light controllers with GSM monitoring the yearly energy bill of the VMC is reduced to Rs 10 crore from Rs 13.50 crore.

VMC chairman got the national award for 'Energy Conservation in Street Lighting' by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) at a function held in Delhi on Friday, from deputy chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia.

Total area of coverage of VMC is 160 sq km and its total population is over 16 Lakh for which 1,691 km of street lighting is covered in Vadodara.

IOC sheds conservative image - expansion plans for refineries (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/article3415591.ece?homepage=true&ref=wl_home)

Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the country's largest public sector refiner, is shedding its conservative and cautious image.

Compelled to meet domestic requirements first, the company is reworking its refinery strategy which will allow it greater flexibility in deciding crude oil sourcing and eventually cut down operating costs.

Mr Rajkumar Ghosh, Director (Refineries), Indian Oil, said, “The company is evaluating its refinery capacity – adding new capacity or up gradation of existing refineries – based on the assessments given by our marketing division.”


IOC proposes to expand the Gujarat refinery from the current 13.7 million tonne a year to 18 mt by 2016-17. Other expansions include Panipat to 18 mt, Mathura to 11 mt and a grassroot refinery in the West Coast with a capacity of 15 mt.

Police stations get new look (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/Police-stations-get-new-look/articleshow/13496456.cms)

VADODARA: The city police have started sprucing up its police stations in the city. Four out of the 16 police stations have already completed work in this regard while the others will do so soon.

The move to start working on the police stations was taken up after it came to light that most of them were not maintained properly. Many had not even painted their walls for quite some time now.

After a visit to all the police stations in the city, police commissioner Satish Sharma ordered that they must be spruced up. Officers said this not only improved the work environment, but also left a good impression on those who had to visit them.

Sharma said work had been completed at Karelibaug, City, Chhani and Wadi police stations. The work was conducted with the help of donors who were willing to help the city police.

Besides whitewash, the police stations have also conducted work like putting up furniture and pots on the police station premises. Chhani police station has even procured computers for the police station.

Good news For Vadodara:

Construction of International Airport is started in January2012.
KareliBaugh Bridge is Constructing very Fast.
BRTS Project of Vadodara is being Given to CEPT which made Ahemdabad BRTS project so its a good News.

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/reliance-to-acquire-800-acre-for-varsity-in-vadodara/315789/

Reliance Industries Limited is all set to acquire around 800 acre on the outskirts of Vadodara for its proposed university project.

http://www.rajhans.co.in/cineworld-baroda.aspx
At Tower Char rast Raopura

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/reliance-to-acquire-800-acre-for-varsity-in-vadodara/315789/

Reliance Industries Limited is all set to acquire around 800 acre on the outskirts of Vadodara for its proposed university project.


Dude thats a 2008 article.since then i havent once even heard any news about that reliance university.

http://www.infrawindow.com/news/cept-bags-vadodara-brts-design-project-second-after-ahmedabad_2866/
Vadodara BRTS

http://deshgujarat.com/2012/06/07/metro-rail-6-lane-highway-to-connect-vadodara-with-statue-of-unitymodi/

Vadodara To Kevadia Metro Rail and 6lane Highway

RANGOLI, VADODARA
(OVERVIEW)

Vadodara, formerly known as Baroda, is one of India’s foremost industrial centers with a strong presence of major industrial houses operating in - chemicals, pharmaceuticals textiles, energy and machine tool sectors. Vadodara is one of the largest cities in the state of Gujarat with a population of approximately 1.6 million. The city’s literacy rate is very high (78% as per 2001 census) and houses some the largest universities in Gujarat. Vadodara has a highly educated and increasingly affluent population coupled with excellent socio-political environment which has resulted in tremendous growth in the city of Vadodara. The city has sound infrastructure and is well connected by rail, road and air networks to all key locations in India. Vadodara is poised to be the growth hub for retail sector in the state of Gujarat and in the country. About Rangoli
Rangoli is an ambitious retail project of SP Group in Vadodara. The mall is being built in an area of 545,000 sq. ft. making it one of the biggest malls in India. Rangoli is planned to become the entertainment and shopping hub in the city of Vadodara. The 9 screen multiplex, equipped with the latest sound and video technologies, will attract every movie fanatics and wanting for more. It will house the shopping arcades of numerous global brands in fashion, electronics, luxury, etc. The Rangoli will house mini anchors, book stores, food courts, gaming zones, fashion stores, accessories outlets, specialty stores and hotel with 108 rooms.

http://www.sprealestate.in/projects/Vadodara-retailproperties/ProjectsGallery.aspx?id=14

http://www.sprealestate.in/ProjectGallery/baroda_gallery023189.jpgThe Rangoli Mall is located at the junction of Jetalpur Road and Productivity Road. It lies at the western end of the flyover connecting the old city with the new city of Vadodara. With a distance of just 1 km from the railway station and Alkapuri, one of the most affluent areas in the city, it is a strategic choice for retailers looking for an ideal blend of customers.

RANGOLI MALL, VADODARA
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http://www.sprealestate.in/ProjectGallery/baroda_gallery017202.jpg

http://www.sprealestate.in/ProjectGallery/retails_galimg046668.jpg

Night Viewhttp://www.sprealestate.in/cms/LinksImages/builders_in_vadodara.jpg

http://www.sprealestate.in/cms/ProjectStatus/retail_construction_company_Vadodara1829.jpg

RANGOLI MALL, VADODARA
(STATUS)

The foundation work for the project has been completed and construction is set to commence in the next 6 months
The mall is expected to be ready and operational by the end of 2014
Rangoli is expected to be operational by September 2014

http://www.sprealestate.in/cms/LinksImages/baroda_locationmap.jpg

Location

Hey guys
:storm:

its raining in Vadodara here and we have lot many projects going on specially on vasna-bhayali road,sevasi-gotri road,old padra-atladra side and sunpharma road

also Genda circle at Alkapuri is coming up with 5-6 big project...land from sarabhai & alembic purchased by giants and projects are coming up like Atlantis, Ozone, Inorbit Mall & others

A total reform of Alkapuri area ...
Wanted to upload few pics..but dont know how to .. :(
any way enjoy the upcoming real estate change in Baroda

:dance:

^^ Heres a thread to know how to upload pics - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=600498

http://www.pgpatkiarchitects.com/

INORBIT MALL
ALEMBIC, VADODARA

soorry visit the sit n click on retail an then scroll down on left side than u will see INOBRIT MALL,VADODARA

A nice vid from highlighting the City.

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This Video Makes Us Barodian Proud Lovely...!!!

Can anyone tell me About DEVSTAR MALL....????

according to my knowledge the company which builds dev malls across gujarat had a cash crunch and so stalled the project mid way.another dev mall situated in anand was also stalled mid way.it has been like that for more than 2 years now

conStruction of dev mall in anand Stopped in 2008

This Video Makes Us Barodian Proud Lovely...!!!

:):)
Well come bro! on SSC community. Nice info. from urside.
Btw, you can upload as many images as u wish in a single post instead posting a one in single thread. You can follow the above suggested way to upload images very easily.
I appreciate your enthusiasm here posting and keeping us aware about everything happening in and around Vadodara. :cheers::cheers:

Now "Made in India" will be exported to Australia !
Vadodara bogies to run electric trains in Australia!!


https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/553751_434143003275560_1251199881_n.jpg

No "NDTV, AAJ TAK, ZEE NEWS..." will show this....

Rail Over Bridge at Vadodara Near Kalali & Soma Talav :banana:

http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/construction-of-robs-in-vadodara-to-begin-soon/969711/
:dj:

No "NDTV, AAJ TAK, ZEE NEWS..." will show this....

How can the media (esp English media) praise anything about Gujarat, its against their policy :gaah:

How can the media (esp English media) praise anything about Gujarat, its against their policy :gaah:

I wouldn't agree. There's a very balanced six-part series in Economic Times on what works and doesn't work in Gujarat. There has been lots of positive coverage on VGGIS in Times of India and even Business Today had a cover story on Gujarat a year or so ago.

^^ National media never shows interest in Gujarat's development. They only show terror of NaMo in Gujarat. They take all the projects negatively. But why to complain for national media, our own regional media is oppose to development. In local news paper they only show numbers of murders, accidents, corruption charges and other issues. They never shows positive side of government and what development work is under taken by government. We have such huge project like GIFT near Ahmedabad but our media never shows interest in what's going there. They only says that "Modi's terror - 3 workers killed during construction of towers"

And for every 1 good article about the riverfront, there are 3 bad ones. The media has never completely accepted the riverfront.

I wouldn't agree. There's a very balanced six-part series in Economic Times on what works and doesn't work in Gujarat. There has been lots of positive coverage on VGGIS in Times of India and even Business Today had a cover story on Gujarat a year or so ago.

Mostly trash, not worth reading.

I will give a single example to prove my point, that can be extrapolated to several other sectors.

Growth in Gujarat took off after Makrand Desai (Jan Sangh) developed the electric infrastructure in the Janata Morcha (front) Govt. All this went down the toilet after Congress started giving out free electricity, free this, free that.

During the growth period, there was a need to develop transport infrastructure especially between Amdavad-Vadodra. Land was identified for India's 1st expressway. Dutifully, Indira came and laid the foundation stone. Nothing happened. Then Rajiv came and laid the foundation. Still nothing happened, except of course Congressmen getting rich.

Then came Modi, and now u have Sardal Patel Expressway. And numerous other projects.

Most of these St Xavier types reporting for TOI are too intellectually challenged to understand details. Just because they know a bit of English does not equate to critical thinking.

^^
the last line so perfectly describes those stupid journos :lol:

Another good example of the media's step-motherly treatment of Gujarat would be the complete ignorance of GIFT city. I hav'nt seen a single mention of GIFT in the electronic media. Has any news channel ever done a special programme on GIFT? No, its all IT, IT and more IT.

Even for TOI it took an accident at GIFT to provide us with the first site pic.

Mostly trash, not worth reading.

I will give a single example to prove my point, that can be extrapolated to several other sectors.

Growth in Gujarat took off after Makrand Desai (Jan Sangh) developed the electric infrastructure in the Janata Morcha (front) Govt. All this went down the toilet after Congress started giving out free electricity, free this, free that.

During the growth period, there was a need to develop transport infrastructure especially between Amdavad-Vadodra. Land was identified for India's 1st expressway. Dutifully, Indira came and laid the foundation stone. Nothing happened. Then Rajiv came and laid the foundation. Still nothing happened, except of course Congressmen getting rich.

Then came Modi, and now u have Sardal Patel Expressway. And numerous other projects.

Most of these St Xavier types reporting for TOI are too intellectually challenged to understand details. Just because they know a bit of English does not equate to critical thinking.

+1..

VADODARA: Cricket-loving Barodians can finally hope to enjoy international cricket in a state-of-art stadium.

Over a decade of after promising cricket stadium to the citizens, the Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) has finally purchased a huge piece of land for constructing the stadium. The land is located on Jarod Road about 7.5 kilometres from the Halol Road toll tax.

BCA authorities said that a memorandum of understanding (MoU) has already been signed with the owners of the land.

The stadium to be built at a cost of Rs 100 crore will boast of quality cricket ground, seating arrangement for over 40,000 people, four practice grounds, practice wickets, spacious rest rooms and modern facilities for players that includes gymnasium and swimming pool.

A senior BCA official said that association has made deal to buy about 2.52 lakh square meters of land. The land will cost BCA over Rs 20 crore. "The entire plot is agricultural land and there are no hiccups in the deal like the previous ones. We have already inked an MoU with the owners who belong to the same family. In fact, we have already got clearance for acquiring half of the land while permission for the rest half will follow soon," the official said.

"Members of the BCA managing committee too were shown the land and they all have approved it. We will soon begin the process of inviting tenders for the stadium construction. BCA will soon have its own cricket stadium that will be one of the best in the country," the official added.

When contacted, BCA secretary Sanjay Patel said, "The process of acquiring the land is on and we will make official announcement on the stadium project soon."

Sources, however, said that the acquisition process will complete within two months following which construction will begin. The BCA had attempted to buy three different lands for stadium earlier, but it failed on all occasions.

BCA has been hosting international matches at Reliance Stadium for last several years

Source :- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/BCA-strikes-land-deal-for-new-stadium/articleshow/15008642.cms

- એક અબજના ખર્ચે ભણિયારા પાસે બનશે બીસીએનું 'ક્રિકેટ નગર'

- રૂ. ૨૦ કરોડના ખર્ચે ૧૦૬ વીઘા જમીન ખરીદવાનો નિર્ણય કરાયો

- સમગ્ર રાજયમાં વડોદરાનું નવું સ્ટેડિયમ સૌથી અદ્યતન બનશે

- જમીન સંપાદન કરવાની કામગીરીને સરકારની મંજૂરી

- આતુરતાનો અંત- બીસીએ દ્વારા લાંબા સમયથી શહેરને નવા અત્યાધુનિક ક્રિકેટ સ્ટેડિયમની ભેટ ધરવાની વાતો હવે હકીકતમાં બદલાશે

દેશને અનેક મહાન ક્રિકેટરોની ભેટ ધરનાર વડોદરા પાસે હજી ક્રિકેટ સ્ટેડિયમ જ નથી. બરોડા ક્રિકેટ એસોસીએશનના સત્તાધીશો વર્ષોથી ક્રિકેટ પ્રેમીઓના આ સ્વપ્નને પૂરું કરવાની વાતો કરી રહ્યા છે તે હવે હકીકત બનવા જઈ રહ્યું છે. બીસીએ દ્વારા અંદાજે રૂપિયા એક અબજના જંગી ખર્ચે નવું ક્રિકેટ નગર ઉભું કરવાનું આયોજન કરવામાં આવ્યું છે.

શહેર નજીક હાલોર રોડ પર આવેલ ભણીયારા ગામ પાસે અંદાજે ૧૦૬ વીંઘા જમીનમાં આકાર પામનાર શહેરીજનો અને ક્રિકેટપ્રેમીઓના સ્વપ્નનું નગર રૂ. ૧૦૦ કરોડના જંગી ખર્ચે અનેક અદ્યતન સુવિધાઓથી સજ્જ કરવાનું આયોજન હાથ ધરવામાં આવ્યું છે.

શહેરીજનો તથા જુનિયરથી માંડી સિનિયર ક્રિકેટરો જેની કાગડોળે રાહ જોઇ રહ્યા હતા એ ક્રિકેટ સ્ટેડિયમ હવે મૂર્તિ*મંત બનવા જઇ રહ્યું છે.વડોદરાનું પોતીકું ક્રિકેટ સ્ટેડિયમ બનાવવાના પ્રથમ પગલા તરીકે જમીન સંપાદિત કરવાની કાયદેસરની કાર્યવાહી પૂર્ણ કરી દેવામાં આવી છે. હાલોલ રોડ પર સ્ટેડિયમ માટે ૧૦૬ વીઘા જમીનને રાજય સરકાર દ્વાર પણ મંજૂરીની મહોર લગાવી દેવામાં આવી છે.

આધારભૂત સૂત્રોના જણાવ્યા અનુસાર બીસીએ દ્વારા બનાવવામાં આવનાર સ્ટેડિયમને ક્રિકેટ નગરની ઓળખ એટલા માટે કે એક નગરની જેમ સઘળી સુવિધાઓથી સજ્જ હશે. સમગ્ર ગુજરાતમાં ક્યાંય પણ નહીં હોય એટલી સગવડો, સુવિધાઓથી સજ્જ આ ક્રિકેટ નગર હશે. નવા સ્ટેડિયમ માટેની જમીન રૂ. ૨૦ કરોડના ખર્ચે લેવામાં આવી છે. જેની ચૂકવણી વિધિવત્ તબક્કાવાર એગ્રીમેન્ટ મુજબ કરાશે.

નવા સ્ટેડિયમ માટે રૂ. પ૦ કરોડની સહાય બીસીસીઆઈ દ્વારા અપાશે

ભવ્ય ક્રિકેટ નગર બનાવવા માટે રૂ.૧૦૦ કરોડનું બજેટ ફાળવવામાં આવ્યું છે. જે પૈકી બીસીસીઆઇ દ્વારા નિયમ મુજબ ખર્ચની અડધી રકમ એટલે કે રૂ. પ૦ કરોડ બીસીએને આપવામાં આવશે. જો આ રકમ બીસીસીઆઇ ન આપે તો બીસીએ પાસે ઉપલબ્ધ રૂ.૧૦૦ કરોડની ફિક્સ્ડ ડિપોઝિટમાંથી નવું ક્રિકેટ નગર બનાવશે.

બ્લ્યૂ પ્રિન્ટ તૈયાર કરાઈ

બીસીએના સેક્રેટરી સંજય પટેલે કોચીનથી ટેલિફોનિક વાતચિતમાં જણાવ્યું હતું કે 'ભણિયારા ખાતે ૧૦૬ વીઘા જમીનનો માત્ર 'રૂટિન પ્રોસિજર’ કરવાનો રહે છે. જેની કાર્યવાહી શરૂ કરાઇ છે.ક્રિકેટ નગર કેવું હશે તેની બ્લ્યુ પ્રિન્ટ તૈયાર જ રખાઇ છે. ’

એકેડેમી પણ બનાવાશે

અહીં બીસીએ તેમની ક્રિકેટ એકેડેમી પણ બનાવશે.જેથી શહેરના ગરીબ કિશોરો, યુવાનો જે ખાનગી ક્રિકેટ એકેડેમીમાં જઇ શકતા નથી તેઓને બીસીએ તદ્દન મામૂલી રકમે લઇને કોચિંગ આપશે. તેઓને ટુર્નામેન્ટમાં રમાડવાની વ્યવસ્થા કરાશે.

વિશેષ ડ્રેનેજ સિસ્ટમ થશે

વરસાદ પડે ત્યારે મેદાન પર પાણી ભરાઇ જાય છે. આવી સ્થિતિમાં મેચ અટકાવ્યા સિવાય પાણીના નિકાલ માટે ખાસ ડ્રેનેજ સિસ્ટમ નખાશે. જેથી માત્ર ૨પ મિનિટમાં સમગ્ર મેદાનમાંથી પાણીનો નિકાલ થઇ જાય.

ફેક્ટ ફાઈલ

૧૦૬ વીઘા જમીન

૭.પ કિમી વડોદરાથી હાલોલ માર્ગ પર

૦૩ મોટા મેદાનો બનશે

૦૬ વિકેટો મુખ્ય મેદાન પર બનશે

NEW CRICKET STADIUM IN VADODARA


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http://i5.dainikbhaskar.com/thumbnail/250x216/web2images/www.divyabhaskar.co.in/2012/07/17/images/Stadium1.jpgVADODARA: Cricket-loving Barodians can finally hope to enjoy international cricket in a state-of-art stadium.

Over a decade of after promising cricket stadium to the citizens, the Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) has finally purchased a huge piece of land for constructing the stadium. The land is located on Jarod Road about 7.5 kilometres from the Halol Road toll tax.

BCA authorities said that a memorandum of understanding (MoU) has already been signed with the owners of the land.

The stadium to be built at a cost of Rs 100 crore will boast of quality cricket ground, seating arrangement for over 40,000 people, four practice grounds, practice wickets, spacious rest rooms and modern facilities for players that includes gymnasium and swimming pool.

A senior BCA official said that association has made deal to buy about 2.52 lakh square meters of land. The land will cost BCA over Rs 20 crore. "The entire plot is agricultural land and there are no hiccups in the deal like the previous ones. We have already inked an MoU with the owners who belong to the same family. In fact, we have already got clearance for acquiring half of the land while permission for the rest half will follow soon," the official said.

"Members of the BCA managing committee too were shown the land and they all have approved it. We will soon begin the process of inviting tenders for the stadium construction. BCA will soon have its own cricket stadium that will be one of the best in the country," the official added.

When contacted, BCA secretary Sanjay Patel said, "The process of acquiring the land is on and we will make official announcement on the stadium project soon."

Sources, however, said that the acquisition process will complete within two months following which construction will begin. The BCA had attempted to buy three different lands for stadium earlier, but it failed on all occasions.

BCA has been hosting international matches at Reliance Stadium for last several years.

the Fantastic new cricket stadium of Vadodara.

The Fantastic New Cricket Stadium Of Vadodara

Treasure Island Vadodara

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Treasure Island Vadodara


PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS

Land Area : 1.2 Lac sq.ft

Total Construction : 3.7 Lac sq.ft

GLA : 2.6 Lac sq.ft

AREA DETAILS

Retail : 2,62,000 sq ft

Parking : 1,11,000 sq ft

Total : 3,73,000 sq ft
# This keenly awaited shopping mall is located in the heart of the city at Kalaghoda Circle
# Sure to become the destination of choice for this city
# Treasure Island, Vadodara will be full of joy and vigour, by giving it yet another dose of excitement


LOCATION : JN Road, Near Kalaghoda Circle, Vadodara




TREASURE ISLAND >> VADODARA >> CITY OVERVIEW

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One of India’s most cosmopolitan cities, 3rd most-prominent city in Gujarat, population over 1 m
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Hub for Gujarati NRIs for large scale investments, specially in real estate
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Strong education infrastructure - most prominent institute - Maharaja Sayaji Rao University catering to
over 30,000 students, National Institute of Design (NID), Indian Institute of Materials Management,
National Fire Academy, to name a few
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15 key specialised hospitals for systematic healthcare, 2 Major super specialty cardiac hospitals
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Air services - well connected with Mumbai-Delhi-Bangalore with multiple daily flights
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Major rail junction on the Mumbai-Delhi and Mumbai-Ahmedabad routes
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NH-8 connecting New Delhi and Ahmedabad to Mumbai, passes through the city
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“Gateway to Golden Corridor” due to location/connectivity to Mumbai-Delhi-Ahmedabad
* Spread around the old city, it is divided in 2 parts by Mumbai-Ahmedabad/Delhi rail track.
The old city and palace are located on east of rail line while newly developed areas located on west

>> Development Initiatives
>> Industry Overview

LOCATION : JN Road, Near Kalaghoda Circle, Vadodara

GUJARAT FIRST BIGGEST AUM SAI METROCITY INTRODUCED BY YASHARTH INFRASTRUCTURES ON FRIDAY. JULY 20,2012.

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1 bhk night view.
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1 bhk floor plan.
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2 bhk floor plan
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3 bhk night view
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3 bhk floor plan
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duplex night view
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duplex first floor plan
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duplex day view
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duplex ground floor plan
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1 bhk view
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2 bhk view
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3 bhk view
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club house
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commercial complex
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duplex
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senior citizen garden with jogging track
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children play area
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main gate night view
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main gate day view
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super speciality hospital
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shopping mall with multiplex
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secondary and higher secondary school
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swimming pool
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worship place
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tenament
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layout plan
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juice counter
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tenament internal plan
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tenament
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tenament night view.
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For more info

http://www.accommodationtimes.com/real-estate-news/vadodara-fastest-growing-city-of-india/

http://www.mapsofindia.com/top-ten-cities-of-india/top-ten-highest-no-of-car-ownership.htmlhttp://http://www.mapsofindia.com/top-ten-cities-of-india/top-ten-highest-no-of-car-ownership.html

Rs 600 Cr BRTS in Vadodara to have a 52km network (http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/rs-600cr-brts-in-vadodara-to-have-a-52km-network/977475/)

The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system for Vadodara will be developed at an estimated cost of Rs 600 crore and will have a network of 52 kilometres, covering 14 focal points across the city.

According to the feasibility report prepared by the Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT) University, the transport system will cover central city areas through a north-south-east-west corridor.

The BRT system in Vadodara is slated to be different from the existing one in Ahmedabad as it aims to provide an alternate Integrated Public Transit System (IPTS). “The feasibility report and further plans will not focus entirely on the BRTS but on a complete integrated system of public transport. While the BRTS will concentrate on the core areas of the city, local buses are to support this as feeders,” said H M Shivanand Swamy, associate professor at CEPT.

Swamy, who heads the project, has been associated with similar projects for BRTS in Ahmedabad.

In the first phase, there will be around 80 stations — a station after every 500 metres — on a 40-kilometre stretch of the BRTS corridor.

The remaining stretch of 12 kilometres will be developed in the second phase.

The focal points on these corridors include Raj Mahal road, RC Dutt road, Kalaghoda, Kothi, BSNL T junction, Karelibaug, Lalbaug, Labour chokdi, Makarpura, Susan Circle, Old Padra road, GEB, Gotri, GSFC, Fatehgunj, airport, Waghodia road and Baroda Dairy.

Though the limitation of road widths in Vadodara is considered as one of the concerns for the planning team at CEPT, in the first phase, the corridors have been restricted to the inner city areas.

At present, nearly one lakh passengers use the bus service in Vadodara on daily basis. There is a fleet of 90 CNG buses (63 mini and 27 regular buses). These ply on 40 different routes with 124 stops.

plz visit this link , i can not post it here due to some problems , i bet this is the best post you could ever seen in this thread ))http://sevakunj.in/by2015.htm

^^ Sorry to disappoint but thats a project in the middle east.

Those pics have been floating around the internet for years, ive seen it circulated as if it was meant to be in the Bharuch area (which would be slightly more convincing because its by the sea)

But its def not in Vadodara.

lol...this was proposed

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And this is being built

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Top Ten Towns with Highest Nos. of Car Ownership

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GUYZ DO YOU LIKE OUR CRICKET STADIUM ?

Top Ten Towns with Highest Nos. of Car Ownership

While this shows a sign of prosperity, it is bad for the city environmentally. Both Delhi and Chennai are notorious for their terrible traffic jams, with more cities heading that way.

Although Vadodara has enough greenery to combat pollution...

And Sayaji could you paste a link for your info.

http://wp.me/pTeNu-1H, http://marshalbajaj.wordpress.com/2010/12/19/this-happens-only-in-gujarat/

http://wp.me/pTeNu-1H, http://marshalbajaj.wordpress.com/2010/12/19/this-happens-only-in-gujarat/


Posting a table from the above article.

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Guj to be second most urbanised state by 2030 Ahmedabad, Vadodara To Be Among Richest Cities In India

By 2030, Gujarat will be the most urbanised Indian state after Tamil Nadu. More, Ahmedabad and Vadodara will be two of the richest cities in the country after Delhi and Bangalore. An authoritative report prepared by McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) has predicted that within two decades around 66 per cent of Gujarat’s population will start living in urban areas as against 44 per cent in 2008. While this will make Gujarat as the second most urbanised state, fast catching up with Tamil Nadu, the report indicates this will happen because the rate of urbanisation in Gujarat over the next two decades will be higher than any other state. Called ‘India’s urban awakening: Building inclusive cities, sustaining economic growth’, MGI report says the states that exhibit higher GDP rates also will experience higher urbanisation rates in the next two decades. In the last two decades Gujarat’s GDP grew at the compound annual growth of 7.5-8 per cent — in 2010-2030 it will increase to 8-8.5 per cent, higher than any major state. An analysis of how major cities of India will develop over the next two decades, the MGI report states Ahmedabad, which will have a population of 8.4 million in 2030, will also be one of the richest Indian cities, having per capita GDP of $8,100, next only to Delhi ($11,400), Bangalore ($12,600) and – interestingly – Vadodara ($8,500). Counted at 2008 prices, all other major cities, including Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad and Pune, will have lower per capita GDP. The report also says that Gujarat’s cities would need massive investments, more than most other cities, to upgrade their infrastructure to meet city needs. At 2008 prices, by 2030, Ahmedabad would need $246 per capita investment, Surat $235 and Vadodara $ 263. “More than half of the capital expenditure is necessary to erase infrastructure backlog and the rest to fund cities’ future needs,” the report underlines. While transportation and affordable housing have been identified as two of the most capital intensive sectors that would need investment, the report has identified 19 urban clusters in India, including two in Gujarat – Ahmedabad- Vadodara-Surat and Bhavnagar-Rajkot-Jamnagar – where rapid transport system, especially eight to ten lane express ways, is a must for “seeding” infrastructure growth. These urban clusters would need a per capita investment of $50.

http://trak.in/tags/business/2010/04/24/india-urban-2030/, i want to say that in this article vadodara is shown on 13 rank bit it can be on 12 th rank because it is ahead from kanpur in terms of G.D.P. another think is that if modi can show his magic in next 2 decades on vadodara it can be easily placed on 9 th rank after pune because it was termed as the most potential city in gujarat but if....

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-01/vadodara/28369707_1_vision-document-draft-budget-pollution-control

http://www.rediff.com/getahead/slide-show/slide-show-1-money-five-hottest-real-estate-cities-to-watch-out-for-in-india/20111220.htm

GreenBrilliance is based in Vadodara, India. This city, known as the cultural capital of the state Gurajet, has over a half million population.
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (MSU), the largest university in Gujarat is well known for the faculties of Science, Engineering and Management. In Vadorada are major industries like petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, plastics.
Well known companies such as ABB, Reliance Industries, Larsen and Toubro, DuPont,Bombardier, General Motors, Chevrolet, Sun Pharmaceuticals, GSFC, Alembic, ApolloTyres, Suzlon, CG Glass and JCT Electronics have a branch In Vadorada.
Vadodara, also named as "Knowledge City", is nominated as the most potential city in Gujarat and one of the top10 cities in India for the burgeoning IT industry.

i do not know why this link is not being opened (( this 1 is really interesting )))http://www.accommodationtimes.com/real-estate-news/vadodara-fastest-growing-city-of-india/ retype this link in search bar

India 2030

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Five HOTTEST real estate cities to watch out for in India

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Siddhesh Joglekar, founder of Estatelister.com lists out reasons why these five cities could emerge as the best real estate investments in the New Year.

Real estate in India is perhaps one of the most vibrant and ever growing sectors of the country with seemingly limitless opportunities.

India figures in the list of one of the real estate markets every global consultant of repute recommends to invest.

The traditional favourite real estate hotspots like the tier 1 cities of Mumbai, Delhi NCR and Bangalore have seen huge influx of money in the recent years. However, are these cities still hotspots with potential for astronomical rates of returns? We think there are better investment options in India that are unexplored and can turn out to be the top tier Indian real estate hotspots of this decade as well.

We looked at the following factors while including a city in this list -- (note that the list is indicative and not exhaustive). Note that non-inclusion in this list does not imply lower the importance of any city or town anywhere in the country.

Availability of resources -- (Water, electricity etc.)
Infrastructure development
Connectivity with key economic centres
Pace of growth & overall growth potential
Presence of established players in strategic sectors
Quality of projects
Governmental support (State and National)

Image: A collage fo the five cities

Municipal commissioner proposes vision document for 2030

VADODARA: The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) commissioner has proposed a vision document for the city titled 'Vadodara 2030'. The proposed document will look into the needs of the city till 2030 and will suggest a path to reach there.

An announcement regarding the vision document was made in the draft budget proposed by VMC commissioner M K Das. The draft budget has proposed that a consultant should be roped in to prepare the document.

Das said the need for vision document was felt in the wake of a study by McKinsey and Company that had revealed that the population of the city would reach 42 lakh by 2030 from the present 18 lakh. Vadodara is expected to become the 13th largest city in the country and the third largest in state.

Das said the report suggests that the city would be one of the fastest growing cities and third in the country in terms of per capita income after Bangalore and Delhi. "The corporation will have to brace itself up with this kind of development," he said.

Das pointed out that city's growth will be fuelled by factors that it was on the dedicated freight corridor and on the Mumbai Expressway. "It will be at a great advantage," he said.

The document will look into the issues like traffic management, pollution control, making the city slum free, taking a citizen friendly approach and improving environment. "It will also look into the financial position of the civic body and the steps required to take care of the financial needs in the future," Das said.

GreenBrilliance is based in Vadodara, India. This city, known as the cultural capital of the state Gurajet, has over a half million population.


half a million is only 5 lakhs...Vadodara has over 20 lakhs (2 million) people

Vadodara BRTS

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The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system for Vadodara will be developed at an estimated cost of Rs 600 crore and will have a network of 52 kilometres, covering 14 focal points across the city.

According to the feasibility report prepared by the Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT) University, the transport system will cover central city areas through a north-south-east-west corridor.

The BRT system in Vadodara is slated to be different from the existing one in Ahmedabad as it aims to provide an alternate Integrated Public Transit System (IPTS). “The feasibility report and further plans will not focus entirely on the BRTS but on a complete integrated system of public transport. While the BRTS will concentrate on the core areas of the city, local buses are to support this as feeders,” said H M Shivanand Swamy, associate professor at CEPT.

Swamy, who heads the project, has been associated with similar projects for BRTS in Ahmedabad.

In the first phase, there will be around 80 stations — a station after every 500 metres — on a 40-kilometre stretch of the BRTS corridor.

The remaining stretch of 12 kilometres will be developed in the second phase.

The focal points on these corridors include Raj Mahal road, RC Dutt road, Kalaghoda, Kothi, BSNL T junction, Karelibaug, Lalbaug, Labour chokdi, Makarpura, Susan Circle, Old Padra road, GEB, Gotri, GSFC, Fatehgunj, airport, Waghodia road and Baroda Dairy.

Though the limitation of road widths in Vadodara is considered as one of the concerns for the planning team at CEPT, in the first phase, the corridors have been restricted to the inner city areas.

At present, nearly one lakh passengers use the bus service in Vadodara on daily basis. There is a fleet of 90 CNG buses (63 mini and 27 regular buses). These ply on 40 different routes with 124 stops.

Five HOTTEST real estate cities to watch out for in India

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:?

Which 5 cities ??

Finally Wait Is Over.

DelhiNCR
Mumbai
Banglore and Vadodara
dont know about 5th..!!

Vadodara BRTS

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- બરોડા પણ BRTSના માર્ગે
- શહેરના વધતા વ્યાપને લક્ષમાં રાખી સેવાસદન પબ્લિક ટ્રાન્સપોર્ટની સુવિધા વિકસાવશે

- ૪૦ કિલોમીટરના નેટવર્કને આવરી લેવાશે : પ્રથમ તબક્કામાં ચાર રૂટ અને બીજા તબક્કામાં સાત રૂટ

- શહેરમાં બીઆરટીએસ અને તેના નેટવર્ક પાછળ ૧પ૦૦ કરોડ રૂપિયાના ખર્ચનો અંદાજ

શહેરના વધતાં જતાં વ્યાપ અને વિસ્તારને ધ્યાનમાં રાખી સેવાસદને પબ્લિક ટ્રાન્સપોર્ટેશનની સુવિધાને વિકસાવવાના ભાગરૂપે બીઆરટીએસ(બસ રેપિડ ટ્રાન્ઝીસ્ટ સિસ્ટમ) માટે યોજના ઘડી કાઢી છે. શહેરમાં પ્રથમ તબક્કામાં બીઆરટીએસના ચાર રૂટ અને બીજા તબક્કામાં સાત રૂટ શરૂ કરવામાં આવશે.

૧પ૮ ચોરસ કિલોમીટર ક્ષેત્રફળમાં પથરાયેલા વડોદરા શહેરની વસતી ૧૮ લાખને આંબી ગઇ છે. શહેરના સિમાડા વધી રહ્યા છે અને છેવાડાના ગામડાંઓનો સમાવેશ સેવાસદનની હદમાં થઇ રહ્યો છે. આ સંજોગોમાં શહેરીજનોની જાહેર વાહનવ્યવહાર સુવિધા માટે સેવાસદને શહેરી બસ સેવાનું સુકાન સંભાળ્યું હતું.

હાલમાં એક અંદાજ મુજબ પ્રતિદિન સરેરાશ ૧ લાખ મુસાફરો સિટીબસ સેવાનો લાભ લઇ રહ્યાં છે. સમયસર એક સ્થળેથી બીજા સ્થળે પહોંચી શકાય તેમજ માર્ગમાં કોઇ ટ્રાફિક અવરોધ ઊભો ન થાય તે માટે અમદાવાદની માફક વડોદરામાં પણ બીઆરટીએસ શરૂ કરવા સેવાસદને પહેલ કરી છે.

બીઆરટીએસનો સૌથી મોટો ફાયદો જ એ છે કે રસ્તાની વચ્ચે ખાસ રૂટ બનાવવામાં આવે છે. સેવાસદને આ કાર્ય પૂરું પાડવા માટે સેપ્ટ (સેન્ટર ફોર એન્વાયન્ર્મેન્ટ પ્લાનિંગ એન્ડ ટેક્નોલોજી) યુનિવર્સિ*ટીને જવાબદારી સોંપી છે. સેપ્ટ યુનિવર્સિ*ટીએ તંત્રના વડાધિકારીઓ અને પદાધિકારીઓને પ્રાથમિક અહેવાલ સુપરત કરી દીધો છે.

બીઆરટીએસ અને તેનાં નેટવર્ક પાછળ ૧પ૦૦ કરોડ રૂપિયાના ખર્ચનો અંદાજ મૂકવામાં આવી રહ્યો છે. ખાસ કરીને બીઆરટીએસની બસ ર્નોથ-સાઉથ કોરિડોરના માર્ગ ઉપર દોડાવવાનું આયોજન સેવાસદન કરી રહ્યું છે. આ અંતર્ગત તાજેતરમાં પ૧ કરોડ રૂપિયાના માર્ગને પણ મંજૂરી આપવામાં આવી છે.

બીઆરટીએસની બસ દોડાવવો સેવાસદને પ્રાથમિક તબક્કે ૧૧ રૂટ પર પસંદગીનો કળશ ઢોળ્યો છે. તેમાં પ્રથમ ચરણમાં ચાર અને બીજા ચરણમાં સાત રૂટ આવરી લેવામાં આવશે.જોકે, પ્રથમ તબક્કાના ક્યા ચાર રૂટ હશે, તે અંગે સેવાસદન હજુ ચોક્કસ નિષ્કર્ષ ઉપર આવ્યું નથી.

દર દસ મિનિટે બસ દોડશે

દર દસ મિનિટે બીઆરટીએસની બસ દોડશે
બીઆરટીએસ માટે ૩૦ મીટરના માર્ગ હોવા જરૂરી
બીઆરટીએસની બસને ટ્રાફિકનું કોઈ નડતર રહેશે નહીં
બીઆરટીએસની બસ માટે ૬ થી ૯ મીટરની પહોળાઇ રસ્તાની વચ્ચે અનામત રાખવામાં આવશે
બીઆરટીએસને સિટી બસસેવાનું પૂરક બનાવવામાં આવશે

બીઆરટીએસના નેટવર્કની પ્રાથમિક તૈયારીઓ શરૂ કરી દેવાઈ
અર્બન ટ્રાન્સપોર્ટ સેલ રચવા ભાર

સેવાસદને બીઆરટીએસના નેટવર્ક માટે પૂર્વતૈયારીઓ શરૂ કરી દીધી છે. તેનાં માટે કેન્દ્ર સરકાર સાથે પણ મંજૂરી માટે ચર્ચા વિચારણા કરવામાં આવી છે. કેન્દ્ર સરકારે બીઆરટીએસના સંચાલન પૂર્વે અર્બન ટ્રાન્સપોર્ટ સેલની રચના ઉપર સવિશેષ ભાર મૂક્યો છે. આ સેલમાં ડેપ્યુટી કમિશનર સંવર્ગના અધિકારીની નિયુક્તિની સૂચના આપી છે. આર. કે. સુગુર, ડેપ્યુટી મ્યુ.કમિશનર

૪૦ કિમીના રૂટ પર દોડશે

શહેરના વધી રહેલા વિસ્તારો અને વસતીને ધ્યાનમાં રાખી બજેટમાં બીઆરટીએસનો સમાવેશ કરવામાં આવ્યો હતો. બીઆરટીએસની બસ દર દસ મિનિટે દોડાવવામાં આવશે. ૪૦ કિલોમીટરના રૂટ ઉપર બીઆરટીએસની બસ દોડાવવામાં આવશે. બીઆરટીએસ માટે ૧પ૦૦ કરોડ રૂપિયાનો ખર્ચ અંદાજવામાં આવ્યો છે. ડો.વિજય શાહ, અધ્યક્ષ-સ્થાયી સમિતિ

ફેક્ટ ફાઈલ

૪૦ કિલોમીટરના નેટવર્કને આવરી લેવાશે
૦૪ રૂટ પ્રથમ તબક્કામાં
૦૭ રૂટ પ્રોજેક્ટમાં આવરી લેવાયા છે
૧પ૦૦ કરોડ રૂપિયાનો કુલ અંદાજિત ખર્ચ

સાંકડી ગલી નડતરરૂપ?

શહેરમાં બીઆરટીએસની શક્યતા તપાસાઈ ત્યારે પ્રથમ તબક્કામાં મુખ્ય માર્ગને ટચ કરતી સાંકડી ગલી નડતરરૂપ હોવાનું તારણ રજૂ કરવામાં આવ્યું હતું. શહેરમાં સર્પાકારે વહેતી વિશ્વામિત્રીની માફક રસ્તા પણ સર્પાકાર હોવાની પ્રાથમિક સર્વેમાં ટકોર કરવામાં આવી છે.

Sphere Cube Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd
A group company of Cube Construction Engineering Ltd, engaged in development of Central Bus Terminal of Vadodara, under PPP project with Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation.

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I THINK BUS TERMINAL WILL GET OVER BY APRIL OR MAY-2013
AND INT. AIRPORT IN 3YRS. COZ IT IS WORKING LIKE A SPEED OF TURTLE.

I THINK BUS TERMINAL WILL GET OVER BY APRIL OR MAY-2013
AND INT. AIRPORT IN 3YRS. COZ IT IS WIRKING LIKE A SPEED OF TURTLE.

^^
Slow and steady wins the race...:lol:

Hey guys, on a bit of a roll :okay:

But to keep the forum useful, please always provide links and try to keep info from news or other reputed sources.

Also beware that a lot of builder/broker websites are full of bakwaas to fool ppl, dont fall into that trap and end up reposting here. In the last couple of pages theres been a few post that unfortunately fall into that category.

And lastly dont forget we have the Gujarat discussions thread (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1349165&page=22) for things that might be interesting talking points but are not really "projects", like the McKinsey city surveys.

Eventually if we get more Barodians on board, might be worth having a seperate thread for Baroda discussions also.

Cheers :cheers:

Baroda and Surat does need their separate discussion threads, esp Surat, it has sufficient members...

city is being cleaned everywhere , flyovers are being built everywhere, roads are being widen and highrised building is built everywhere ,numbers of cars is almost equally to numbers of 2 wheel vehicles , is it symbol of development or drama before election ?

^^
Whatever the reason, the aam aadmi is the beneficiary...

Dandia Bajar-Akota Over Bidge
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I THINK BUS TERMINAL WILL GET OVER BY APRIL OR MAY-2013
AND INT. AIRPORT IN 3YRS. COZ IT IS WORKING LIKE A SPEED OF TURTLE.

Int. Airport in Vadodra? Seriously?

It would be better to hope for one decent centrally located airport in Gujarat that has reasonable chance of pooling resources, market and therefore attract good number of flights!

^^
Federa fits your description.

Instead of having smaller and regional intl airports at Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Rajkot and Bhavnagar, they should pool all their resources and make Federa one giant intl hub and connect it to all the 4 cities by expressways.

But yes, a decent domestic airport is a must for all these 4 cities...

વડોદરાનો બદલાશે નકશો, ૧૩૦ કરોડના ખર્ચે બનશે ૩ બ્રિજ


- દાંડિયાબજાર અને અકોટાને જોડતા ૧૮૬પ મીટર અંતરના માર્ગમાં

- સ્થાયીમાં દાંડિયાબજાર-અકોટા બ્રિજ તથા રોડ સરફેસિંગની કામગીરી માટે ૩૪.૩૩ કરોડની દરખાસ્ત મંજૂર

- સેવાસદન દ્વારા રસ્તા અને ઓવરબ્રિજની કામગીરી શરૂ કરી દેવામાં આવી છે

વડોદરા શહેરનો વ્યાપ વધવા સાથે ટ્રાફિકનું ભારણ વધતાં સેવાસદન દ્વારા એક પછી એક નવા ઓવરબ્રિજ બનાવવામાં આવી રહ્યા છે. જે અંતર્ગત દાંડીયાબજારથી અકોટાને જોડતો ઓવરબ્રિજ બનાવવાનું કાર્ય ચાલી રહ્યું છે. દાંડીયાબજારથી અકોટાને જોડતો રસ્તો ક્યારે શરૂ થશે એ હજુ નક્કી નથી પરંતુ ૧૮૬પ મીટર એટલે કે પોણા બે કિલોમીટર લંબાઇના આ માર્ગમાં અંદાજે રૂ.૧૩૦ કરોડના ખર્ચે કુલ-૩ બ્રિજ આકાર પામશે.

રાજ્યની સ્વર્ણિમ જયંતિની ઉજવણીના ભાગરૂપે વડોદરા સેવાસદને સ્વર્ણિમ જયંતિ મુખ્યમંત્રી શહેરી વિકાસ યોજના હેઠળ શહેરમાં દાંડીયાબજારથી અકોટાને જોડતો રસ્તો અને ઓવરબ્રિજ રાજમહેલની જગ્યા સંપાદન કરીને બનાવવાનો પ્રોજેક્ટ હાથ ધરાયો હતો. જે અંતર્ગત સેવાસદન દ્વારા રસ્તા અને ઓવરબ્રિજની કામગીરી શરૂ કરી દેવામાં આવી છે. દાંડીયાબજારથી અકોટા સુધીના ૧૮૬પ મીટર લંબાઇના આ માર્ગમાં ત્રણ વિવિધ સ્થળોએ બ્રિજની કામગીરી કરાશે.

આજે મળેલી સ્થાયી સમિતિની બેઠકમાં દાંડીયાબજારથી અકોટાને જોડતા રસ્તા માટે બ્રિજ તથા રોડ સરફેસિંગની કામગીરી માટે રૂ.૩૪.૩૩ કરોડની દરખાસ્તને મંજુર કરાતાં આ પ્રોજેક્ટનો કુલ ખર્ચ જમીન સંપાદની કિંમત સાથે રૂ.૧૩૦ કરોડના આંકે આંબશે એ નિ*શ્ચિ*ત બન્યું છે.

આંકડાના આયનામાં દાંડિયાબજાર-અકોટા ઓવરબ્રિજ

શાસકોની અણઆવડત છતી થઇ છે

દાંડીયાબજાર-અકોટાને જોડતા રસ્તા પર બનાવવામાં આવનાર ઓવરબ્રિજના ખર્ચ અંગેનું નક્કર આયોજન નહીં થતાં ખર્ચો વધી રહ્યો છે. અત્યાર સુધીમાં સાત વખત જુદીજુદી કામગીરીની દરખાસ્તો આવી છે. જે બતાવે છે કે, ભાજપના શાસકો વહીવટમાં કેટલા કુશળ છે. આ પ્રોજેક્ટને ભાજપના લોકોએ રૂપિયા ખાવાનું માધ્યમ બનાવી દીધું છે. ભાજપના શાસકોની અણઆવડત છતી થઇ છે. કન્સલન્ટન્ટને રૂ.૪ કરોડની ફી ચૂકવાશે તેમ છતાં કન્સલટન્ટે યોગ્ય માર્ગદર્શન નહીં આપતાં ત્રણ બ્રિજ બનાવવાની નોબત આવી છે. ચિન્નમ ગાંધી, વિપક્ષી નેતા, સેવાસદન

કયા બ્રિજ બન્યા?

વડસર રેલવે ઓવરબ્રિજ, જેતલપુર રેલવે ઓવરબ્રિજ, નવાયાર્ડ રેલવે ઓવરબ્રિજ, લાલબાગ રેલવે ઓવરબ્રિજ

હાલ કયા નવા બ્રિજની કામગીરી ચાલુ છે?

ડભોઇ રોડ-સોમા તળાવ ખાતે રેલવે ઓવરબ્રિજ
કલાલી-વડસર-અક્ષરચોકને જોડતો રેલવે ઓવરબ્રિજ
વીઆઇપી રોડ, અમીતનગર સર્કલ ખાતે ઓવરબ્રિજ
દાંડીયાબજાર-અકોટાને જોડતો રેલવે ઓવરબ્રિજ

y Nawaz Sayyed
We always desire to find out inner bliss, and seeking a retreat from the daily hectic schedule, mundane life. A place where you could relax, rejuvenate and experience life as a celebration.
A place where the elderly, the youth & the young one’s find solitude, Vadodara is ready to make reality your dreams.
As in the current scenario Gujarat has witnessed of huge growth in real estate sector. However, Indian real estate sector is not doing well from last couple of years due to high rise in property prices as well as home loan rates.
Contrary to this in Gujarat there is upsurge in housing demands. To fulfill the housing demands thousands of new projects are coming with affordable prices, particularly Vadodara the seventh largest city of India now has become the second fastest city across the country in development sector.
The city is flamboyant for its vibrancy and an attitude of celebrating life along with its spirit of entrepreneurship. A rising centre of education, information technology and scientific industries, Vadodara remains the cultural and commercial heart of Gujarat and much of western India. It is proving to be an ideal city for acquiring residential and commercial property due to excellent infrastructure that the city has and the kind of facility it offers.
The city, bestowed with all the features essential and ideal for growth, has seen some major developments take place. Key projects in the form of SEZs, hotels, integrated townships, gated communities as well as specialty townships such as financial products, townships and IT corridors have come up in a big way. The city is well connected, internally as well as externally through its elaborate transit systems, adding to its commercial value.
The contemporary state of real estate sector in Vadodara is increasing day to day even more in the near future. Moreover, real estate market in Vadodara offers a mix of product categories comprising of residential apartments, bungalows, twin bungalows, row houses, plotted schemes, farm houses, commercial as well as retail spaces.
The citizens of Vadodara are dreaming of “Swarnim Gujarat” Golden Gujarat and it will be reality as soon as Narender Modi’s vision for 2015 – BARODA will be completed.
Narender Modi’s vision for 2015 – BARODA comprises the following projects:
KAVI KABOI
> Silicon City coming up in Vagodiya towards Hwy NH8,
> Fabulous City Model houses displayed in ASSEMBLY – Gujarat on June 1, 2006
> Vadodara reaching for sky. It’s an 89 storey tower in SAYAJIGANJ Near Vishwamitri
> Area Satellite City in Vasana Gotri road
> Fertilizer Nagar Industrial Town with New City Model, 5 Km from Chhani
> New Township in Padra Village , 20 KM from Vadodara,
> Foreign Trade Center , HarniRoad, 7 Km from Vadodara,
> Film Nagar (city) at Ajwa Road , latest movie industry,
> World Tourist Place & Culture City , coming up in Ajwa-Nimeta Road,
> Gujarats’ Largest Theme/Amusement Park in Ajwa Garden, to be completed by 2015
> Childrens’ Park in near Kamatibaugh,prestigious project given to Switzerland to build
Comparatively with other metro cities property prices in Vadodara are still reasonable and affordable housing for Aam Admi is not a dream but reality.
Apart from the Narendra Modi’s Vision-2015 there are also several proposed projects will enhance the growth of region.
Proposed Infrastructure Projects:
> An investment of INR 19 billion (USD 452 million) is proposed under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban infrastructure projects in the city.
> Ring Road development is envisaged to be completed by 2010.
> A Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) is proposed to enhance existing public transport system.
> The Vadodara- Surat National Highway is expected to be completed by 2012.
> Vadodara airport is proposed to be developed as an “Aircraft Maintenance Hub” for the western part of India.
As far as transport and parking system concerns the city has three flyovers and railways under bridges each. The river Vishwamitri has 11 bridges interconnecting the city areas. The road network within the city is well developed in almost 70% of the area and caters to around 80% of the city’s total population. More than 80% of the roads are surfaced of which most of them are black topped while 19% of the roads are earthen.
Also, the increased vehicular population has resulted in increased vehicular traffic on the roads. The major roads and intersections experience traffic congestion during peak hours.
, i want to ask these are just fakes or these projects will be taken off in future bcz compare to surat and amd city s projects are being delayed too much (

Vadodara City's Population is 16 lacs
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To fulfill the housing demands thousands of new projects are coming with affordable prices, particularly Vadodara the seventh largest city of India

:?

AFAIK, it is the 20th largest city of India...

Hello friend,
I am happy that Vadodara thread has been more active and news and updates are being posted by some Vadodarians friends.
But I am disappointed by the way this thread is maintained. I want to request active members esp. sayajinagariVADODARA who posts replies here, plz follow the suggestion explained by GJ10 (few post before on this page).
Please note that Gujarat Threads including 'Vadodara projects Threads' are being regularly watched by other non-Gujarat members all around India. So let keep our Gujarati threads healthy and more useful.
btw, Thanks a lot to Vadodara based members who keep us updated. And waiting for more from you...:)

The Vadodara collectorate has planed to project the district as the best investment destination in the state during the next Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors’ Summit to be held in January 2013.

To execute the plan, the district administration has collaborated with the Federation of Gujarat Industries (FGI). As per the agreement, FGI will set up an exhibition focusing on agri-engineering and automobile industry at the summit venue — Mahatma Mandir — in Gandhinagar. While the collectorate will provide legal advice to industries, FGI will play the role of a facilitator.

According to District Collector Vinod Rao, Vadodara has an edge over other districts in attracting investment. “Land prices here are lower than Ahmedabad and Surat. Besides, the city offers high quality of life at low cost. We have excellent infrastructure. We have an airport, a port nearby in Dahej and an excellent road and rail connectivity. The district is a power hub,” he said.

FGI believes big-ticket investment will boost ancillary industries in the district. “Vadodara is a manufacturing hub for electrical goods. Hero is coming up at Halol besides General Motor’s plant there. Vadodara has the potential to emerge as an auto-ancillary hub as well,” said FGI vice-president Amit Patel.

Chinese transformer manufacturer TBEA and TTK Prestige Group of India are among the companies which will be setting up manufacturing facilities in Karjan taluka of the district after signing separate memoranda at the last investors’ summit.

Rao said his office would soon set up an industry cell at the district collectorate to exclusively handle matters of land and other clearances. “Many a time, industrialists end up buying land that later turns out to be disputed. This leads to delays, and sometimes, cancellations of projects. To overcome such issues, the industry cell will guide investors what type of land to buy,” he added.

He said that through this cell, applications which normally take a month, would be disposed of within two-three days.

On the other hand, FGI will engage a panel of experts to help investors from India and abroad. “FGI experts will guide investors in matters related to land, excise and VAT registrations, labour and a host of other issues,” Patel said.

Incidentally, as part of a larger plan, the collectorate had applied for an ISO 9001:2008 certificate of Bureau Varitas India for quality services. Last week, Bureau Varitas decided to award the certificate after conducting an audit.

SOURCE: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/vadodara-admn-in-overdrive-to-attract-investors/984920/

Hello friend,
I am happy that Vadodara thread has been more active and news and updates are being posted by some Vadodarians friends.
But I am disappointed by the way this thread is maintained. I want to request active members esp. sayajinagariVADODARA who posts replies here, plz follow the suggestion explained by GJ10 (few post before on this page).
Please note that Gujarat Threads including 'Vadodara projects Threads' are being regularly watched by other non-Gujarat members all around India. So let keep our Gujarati threads healthy and more useful.
btw, Thanks a lot to Vadodara based members who keep us updated. And waiting for more from you...:)
hey dude i know what were my reply and m sorry for that.

1. Construction Of New Expandable Modular Integrated Terminal Building at Vadodara Airport

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2. TERMINALS AT VADODARA AIRPORT The existing domestic terminal at Vadodara Airport is distinct from other airports due to its mix of Gujarati and architectural styles complete with domes on the roof. The terminal is small and cannot handle large numbers of passengers.To enhance the capacity of the airport as well as to launch internationalservices, it was decided to construct a new Integrated Terminal Building. An international architectural design competition was held to invite designs for the new terminal. Eventually, a design submitted by United States-based consortium Gensler, Frederic Schwartz Architects and Creative Group from India won the competition and the contract to design the new terminal was awarded to them.[1]

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3. New Expandable Modular Integrated Terminal Building at Vadodara Airport The New Integrated Terminal at Vadodara Airport is an iconic and sleek contemporary structure featuring an arching, sweeping roof that spans the entire length of the terminal. Inspired by the body and wings of airplanes, the building’s bold sweeping form and identity is achieved by wrapping the East and West sides and the roof with one continuous aerodynamic metal skin A large overhang on the North (cityside) shelters the transparent facade while shading and protecting passengers along the curbside. This profile then creates an overhang on the South (airside) so that the panoramic glass curtain wall is completely shaded from the strong sun. The volumetric proportion of the interior spaces combined with filtered natural light from skylights above and the sound of flowing water will activate and enliven the experience inside the terminal.

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4. SCOPE OF WORK CIVIL WORKS New Expandable Modular Integrated Terminal Building is designed to cater for 200 International and 500 Domestic Passenger at a time having two levels operation with total area 17,500.00 Sqm with modular design and all modern facilities and amenities. The surface car park is being provided to cater for 250 Cars, 100 Taxi, 50 VIP Cars and 10 Coaches with provision of required ramp. Development of Four lane approach road with canopy covering two lanes in front of the Terminal building on the city side connecting the main approach road to the city.

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Amazing updates :okay:

VADODARA: Vadodara Marathon (VM) that became small city's biggest marathon last year will accomplish yet another first in the country.

VM that used to organize international half marathons is planning to host 42 km full marathon from next year. It has got provisional permission from the Association of International Marathons (AIMS) for organizing full marathon.

If organized, it will make Vadodara first small city in the country to host a full marathon recognized by AIMS. Also, it is the only city in Gujarat to organize a recognized full marathon.

AIMS is the apex body that manages marathons in 90 countries across the globe has given recognition to only eight marathons in India. Except Vadodara, all other cities hosting marathon are far bigger in size and population. "The other AIMS-recognized marathons are held in cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Pune. If we host international full marathon in February next year, we will become first small city in the country to do so. We have already organized three international half marathons in the past successfully," said VM director Amit Bhatnagar.

A two-member team of AIMS will visit the city on September 15 to chalk out and measure the route for the full marathon. After their approval, the route will be finalized. VM will have to give three alternative routes to the team of which one will be finalized. VM has this year formed a board of 25 representatives that will include NGOs, clubs and trade associations.

Sources in VM, however, said that they will have to seek necessary permissions from the police and civic body. "We will have to inform the cops about the route considering the traffic and security issues. After taking their approval, we will take final decision," said a VM office-bearer.

VM has already organized three international half marathons successfully in the past and it is also planning to apply for gold standard from International Association of Athletics Federation

VADODARA: Vadodara Marathon (VM) that became small city's biggest marathon last year will accomplish yet another first in the country.

VM that used to organize international half marathons is planning to host 42 km full marathon from next year. It has got provisional permission from the Association of International Marathons (AIMS) for organizing full marathon.

If organized, it will make Vadodara first small city in the country to host a full marathon recognized by AIMS. Also, it is the only city in Gujarat to organize a recognized full marathon.

AIMS is the apex body that manages marathons in 90 countries across the globe has given recognition to only eight marathons in India. Except Vadodara, all other cities hosting marathon are far bigger in size and population. "The other AIMS-recognized marathons are held in cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Pune. If we host international full marathon in February next year, we will become first small city in the country to do so. We have already organized three international half marathons in the past successfully," said VM director Amit Bhatnagar.

A two-member team of AIMS will visit the city on September 15 to chalk out and measure the route for the full marathon. After their approval, the route will be finalized. VM will have to give three alternative routes to the team of which one will be finalized. VM has this year formed a board of 25 representatives that will include NGOs, clubs and trade associations.

Sources in VM, however, said that they will have to seek necessary permissions from the police and civic body. "We will have to inform the cops about the route considering the traffic and security issues. After taking their approval, we will take final decision," said a VM office-bearer.

VM has already organized three international half marathons successfully in the past and it is also planning to apply for gold standard from International Association of Athletics Federation

NEW DELHI: Commuters in cities that have population of more than 20 lakhs can look forward to more comfortable and safer rides, if state governments are willing to opt for modern Metro network for intra-city travel.

The Union urban development ministry has decided to consider the proposal for Metro in Tier II cities like Lucknow, Kanpur, Patna, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Pune, Surat, Indore, Nagpur, Kochi, Coimbatore, Kozhikode. The Metro fever is catching up in smaller cities, thanks largely to the success of Delhi Metro. Cities like Chandigarh, Ludhiana and Bhopal are making a case for Metro, even though they don't qualify because of the population cut-off.


Jaipur is likely to be the first Tier-II city to get the swanky mode of transportation as the state government has agreed to bear Rs 1,250 crore for the 9.25-km stretch under Stage I. However, the Rajasthan government has sought Centre's approval for viability gap funding for stage II - a 25.91-km stretch between Ambabari to Sitapura via SMS hospital - that is estimated to cost Rs 7,700 crore.

Kochi has also jumped on the bandwagon. The UD ministry will soon seek the Cabinet's nod for the project: a 25.3-km stretch, extending between Alwaye to Petta, to be built at a cost of Rs 4,722 crore.

Ludhiana, Pune, Lucknow and Ahmedabad have got detailed project report (DPR) for metro projects prepared from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), while DPRs for Indore, Bhopal and Chandigarh is being prepared.

The ministry seems keen to run Metro in Nagpur as UD minister Kamal Nath has written to Maharastra chief minister Ashok Chavan, asking him to get a DPR for the Orange City prepared.

Though Kanpur, Patna, Surat, Coimbatore and Kozhikode make the grade for Tier-II cities, they are lagging behind in availing of the Centre's offer. "If state governments come with the proposal for Metro Rail in cities with 20 lakh plus population, the ministry is ready to consider," Nath said.

The ministry has decided to bear 50% of the cost of the preparation of DPR for cities that come under the population cut-off bracket. Among the 19 cities, which have more than 20 lakh population as per Census 2011, Metro projects are under different stages of implementation in four -Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai. Metro is running in the National Capital since 2006 on different routes, while Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is implementing Phase III of the project.

Mumbai has taken up metro projects-Line 1 (11.07 km), Line 2 (31.87 km) - on PPP model at an estimated cost of Rs 10,016 crore. For Line-3 (20.4 km Colaba-Mahim/Bandra corridor), which will cost about Rs 12,015 crore, it has opted for the DMRC model, to be funded by both the Centre and the state.

Kolkata Metro, which is the first one in the country, has taken up a new 14.67-km east-west corridor that will be implemented by railways. Chennai is implementing a 45.05-km project on the DMRC model.

Bangalore has become first city in south to have Metro after a 7-km stretch was commissioned in October. The city has already got the DPR ready for Phase II - a 72-km stretch that will cost about Rs 25,000 crore. Metro rail project in Hyderabad, covering 71 km, is being implemented on PPP mode.
if cities like ludhiyana , bhopal os trying to get metro then vadodara also should try so new bus terminal , new airport terminal and mrts will make vadodara world class city

NEW DELHI: Commuters in cities that have population of more than 20 lakhs can look forward to more comfortable and safer rides, if state governments are willing to opt for modern Metro network for intra-city travel.

The Union urban development ministry has decided to consider the proposal for Metro in Tier II cities like Lucknow, Kanpur, Patna, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Pune, Surat, Indore, Nagpur, Kochi, Coimbatore, Kozhikode. The Metro fever is catching up in smaller cities, thanks largely to the success of Delhi Metro. Cities like Chandigarh, Ludhiana and Bhopal are making a case for Metro, even though they don't qualify because of the population cut-off.


Jaipur is likely to be the first Tier-II city to get the swanky mode of transportation as the state government has agreed to bear Rs 1,250 crore for the 9.25-km stretch under Stage I. However, the Rajasthan government has sought Centre's approval for viability gap funding for stage II - a 25.91-km stretch between Ambabari to Sitapura via SMS hospital - that is estimated to cost Rs 7,700 crore.

Kochi has also jumped on the bandwagon. The UD ministry will soon seek the Cabinet's nod for the project: a 25.3-km stretch, extending between Alwaye to Petta, to be built at a cost of Rs 4,722 crore.

Ludhiana, Pune, Lucknow and Ahmedabad have got detailed project report (DPR) for metro projects prepared from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), while DPRs for Indore, Bhopal and Chandigarh is being prepared.

The ministry seems keen to run Metro in Nagpur as UD minister Kamal Nath has written to Maharastra chief minister Ashok Chavan, asking him to get a DPR for the Orange City prepared.

Though Kanpur, Patna, Surat, Coimbatore and Kozhikode make the grade for Tier-II cities, they are lagging behind in availing of the Centre's offer. "If state governments come with the proposal for Metro Rail in cities with 20 lakh plus population, the ministry is ready to consider," Nath said.

The ministry has decided to bear 50% of the cost of the preparation of DPR for cities that come under the population cut-off bracket. Among the 19 cities, which have more than 20 lakh population as per Census 2011, Metro projects are under different stages of implementation in four -Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai. Metro is running in the National Capital since 2006 on different routes, while Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is implementing Phase III of the project.

Mumbai has taken up metro projects-Line 1 (11.07 km), Line 2 (31.87 km) - on PPP model at an estimated cost of Rs 10,016 crore. For Line-3 (20.4 km Colaba-Mahim/Bandra corridor), which will cost about Rs 12,015 crore, it has opted for the DMRC model, to be funded by both the Centre and the state.

Kolkata Metro, which is the first one in the country, has taken up a new 14.67-km east-west corridor that will be implemented by railways. Chennai is implementing a 45.05-km project on the DMRC model.

Bangalore has become first city in south to have Metro after a 7-km stretch was commissioned in October. The city has already got the DPR ready for Phase II - a 72-km stretch that will cost about Rs 25,000 crore. Metro rail project in Hyderabad, covering 71 km, is being implemented on PPP mode.
if cities like ludhiyana , bhopal os trying to get metro then vadodara also should try so new bus terminal , new airport terminal and mrts will make vadodara world class city

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Makes All Barodians Proud

After seeing the video of Utv,BiglilCity n now CNBC makes really proud to me

Its reallly unfair for vadodara the delay in every project that makes city led behind in every thing you take the example of many years before Vadodara was 2nd most prominent city of gujarat n now the place is filled by surat now i dont know what is happening

n now metro i think if vadodara would have metro than it will be a very good think and then vadodara would be most developing city for ex. after 2-3yrs vadodara will have many remarkable things like Int cric. stadium,BRTS,Int. Airport terminal n new bus terminal such a bus terminal will be first in INDIA to be built then surat ahemdabad.

Hello friend,
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But I am disappointed by the way this thread is maintained. I want to request active members esp. sayajinagariVADODARA who posts replies here, plz follow the suggestion explained by GJ10 (few post before on this page).
...:)

Dude, Vadodra was the leading city in Gujarat; these days, it will be lucky if it is even ranked 3. I wish I was as influential as u suggest, but I highly doubt few of my posts will deter others from visiting Vadodra.

If anything, Vadodra might be better served to leverage the gains made by a neighboring city. That my friend is called a Symbiotic relationship.

The point myself and Ajay have been making is that this thread is a mess. Just on an SSCI level, apart from the great Airport updates recently, an outsider reading this thread to try and understand what is going on in Vadodara would not be able to because of too much spamming and irrelevant posts.

Ive made a seperate thread for Vadodara (Baroda) discussions and general news (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=94273867#post94273867), so hopefully we can shift some of the discussions to that thread and keep this one just for projects, renders and construction pics

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hello , i want to share my thought here , i am watching this cnbc show on tv and i am really happy after listening these discussions , first of all thanks to this channel so many documentary movies were released on baroda development in last year but we need to spread , i am 21 yr old and from last 3 yrs i m in abroad and now i am on vacation , i am little bit disappointed because it is not being developed as it is deserved , here my mated are regularly posted so i want to advise one of them to create page on facebook because as u know to develop any sectors you need public support and excellent group leader , and we can create admis.from here , right now we have on page about city on facebook which has around 30k followers but that admis. is not doing proper job but this page will get all barodian youth under one shed and get one direction like surat ,so it is really needed this site is not so popular but bcz of lots of followers it will be spreaded , plz think on this idea , because it can really push baroda on high point ))

IIIT Vadodara

The state government, in collaboration with the central government and an industry partner, is setting up a highly advanced Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) near Vadodara at an estimated cost of Rs 130 crore on the public-private partnership (PPP) model.

Highly placed sources in the government said the institute is one of the 20 centres planned to be established by the Ministry of Human Resources Development (HRD) across the country by 2020, and at least five of it by 2014.

The objective of setting up the advanced institute is to address challenges faced by the IT industry and produce the best quality human resource in the sector to match the global competition.

Gujarat is reported to be the first state to give a favourable response to the Ministry and begun the process for its implementation. The government, sources say, is looking for 50 acres of land for the project near Vadodara.

The state Education department is preparing a detailed project report to ensure its early implementation.

While 50 per cent of the total cost would be paid by the Centre, 35 per cent would be contributed by the state and the rest by the industry partner. The state would provide the land free of cost. The participating industries would also contribute towards research laboratories, internships, faculty chairs etc. from time to time. According to sources, any escalation in the cost estimates would be arranged by the private partners.

The Centre will also provide recurring expenditure of Rs 10 crore per annum for the first four years from the commencement of the institute. The institute is expected to meet its entire operating expenditure within five years of commencing its operation. The Centre will provide monetary assistance for faculty development.

The institute would be second of its kind after the Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology.

Guyzz Dis Page will have al our updates on facebook like it plzz

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1 good news and 1 bad news for baroda
1) good news (from page of gujarat wikipedia )
Vadodara being the cultural city of Gujarat is fastly growing area wise and is industrialized to a large extent. It is the number 4th city in India in growing fastly
2) bad news ( from page of vishwamitri river wikipedia)
Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) plans to establish a body for the development of Vishwamitri river on the lines of the Sabarmati Riverfront Development. It might take a long time, may be even 20 to 25 years, to develop a riverfront
it is real shameful matter for VMC and even in so many articles vadodara is published as khaodara

World class football academy to be set up in Vadodara soon (http://zeenews.india.com/sports/football/world-class-football-academy-to-be-set-up-in-vadodara-soon_747870.html)

A national football academy, that will be at par with the best in the world, will soon come up in a township in Vadodara, which is expected to provide a much-needed fillip to the sport in India.

The All India Football Federation (AIFF), along with its commercial and marketing partner IMG-Reliance, on Thursday presented a 360 degree plan of football development in India with a common vision of the country participating in the 2026 World Cup.

"Reliance Industries is donating its township facility in Vadodara free of cost for setting up a national academy at par with the best in the world," a source in the know of things, told PTI.

The AIFF`s commercial partner is in touch with an international group that specialises in setting up world class football academies and running them.

"They are seeking partnership with international group with proven record to ensure high-quality coaching. The academies set up by this group have produced many world class players," the source said.

The township already has four-five football grounds and according to the IMG-Reliance group, building an academy there would be easy.

Besides setting up the academy, both the AIFF and IMG-Reliance are working towards refurbishing the existing stadiums. Discussions are in progress with state associations to push for stadium refurbishments.

"There are groups who have been visiting all the stadiums. Right from seating arrangement to playing fields, everything would be taken care of," the source said.

3As far as the academy is concerned, the goal is to have 80 per cent of national team players from the academy within the next 10 years.

IMG-Reliance will also provide scholarships to 16 talented football players, which will include full-time training and academic education at IMG Academy in Florida.

Regarding India`s wish to qualify for the 2026 World Cup, the AIFF and its commercial partner said the country will need a boost from "bottom of the pyramid" as well as at the top simultaneously.

The plan also is to improve and build international level football infrastructure to position India as a preferred destination for hosting AFC and FIFA tournaments, and friendly matches involving the world`s best clubs.

As part of its plan to make Indian football viable, they are focusing on the I-League. Things like how to make it more popular among fans, ensure capacity crowds, get broadcast partner and rope in sponsors were discussed in the meeting.

The I-League is being fully sponsored by IMG-Reliance.

:cheers: Baroda :cheers:

^^ Freakin awesome news man!! :righton:

Its time for Baroda to celebrate with cultural capital now Baroda will be sports capital of Gujarat. :cheers:
:banana: :banana:

Vadodra is probably the foot-ball capital for Gujarat, if one could be called. This is indeed wonderful news. Reliance probably inherited some decent facilities thru IPCL that could be put to good use.

The standing committee of Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) approved the proposal for a beautification project of the outdoor sports complex in Manjalpur area in the city at its weekly meeting on Friday.

The Rs 30-crore complex, currently under construction, will be beautified with plants and lawns at the cost of Rs 5.75 lakh.

The proposal was moved by the Parks and Gardens Department of the VMC through the municipal commissioner on June 8.

After the approval of the standing committee, the city-based company, Varsha Construction was given the contract to maintain the lawns of the football grounds and to plant trees around the complex.

The complex is planned to have a football ground, a hockey pitch, two tennis courts, a basketball court, shooting range, a 400-metre racing track and grounds for kabaddi and kho kho.

Additionally, trees are to be planted along the RCC road that divides the stadium into two and along the walls of the complex according to an official of Nutan Sthapatya, a city-based project management consultant (PMC) for the complex.

The Housing and Building Department of the VMC is handling the construction of the complex.

“Though the sports complex is our project, we had left the lawn and plantation work for the Parks and Gardens Department because they have the required expertise for the work,” said a top official of the Housing and Building Department of the civic body.

Ahmedabad-based PC Snehal Construction Company is constructing the stadium for the city municipal corporation.The work on the stadium had started in 2010. the contractor missed the deadline of April 2011 to complete the work.

The complex is now expected to be ready by September 30 this year.
The dream project of constructing two stadiums (indoor and outdoor) for city’s sports fraternity has taken a firm shape now as the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) is planning to take up the issue in the coming standing committee meeting on Thursday.

Sources said officials may finalise the construction company which will take up the project. The proposal for the same has been moved on Monday in which companies have been shortlisted and the final decision will be taken on Thursday.

While the indoor stadium will be constructed under Town Planning Scheme number 11 (final plot 358), the outdoor stadium will be taking shape in Town Planning Scheme number 19 (final plot 353) in Manjalpur.

The lowest bid for the Indoor Sports complex has come from M V Omni Project (India) Ltd.

The company has quoted Rs 34,16,54,986, which is 7.98 per cent above the estimated cost of the project.

Similarly, P C Snehal Construction Company has quoted Rs 24,78,40,286 to construct the outdoor sports complex in Manjalpur, , this indoor stadium will be biggest in gujarat

NGO proposes country's first centre for indoor air quality research

VADODARA: One usually associates pollution in cities with obnoxious traffic fumes and dust outside. But strange as it might sound, it is the indoors that are more polluted and a matter of concern.

A scientist from the city has taken up the onus of conducting a research on this and has also proposed to start an Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) research centre in the city. If the research centre materializes, it would be the first of its kind in the state.

The scientist and director of the NGO Ashilite Pollution Research Society, Bharat Dikshit, made a presentation to Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) officials last week regarding the effects of IAQ and how it was a major health hazard. Dikshit said that IAQ was three to nine times more polluted than the outdoor air quality, but there was little awareness regarding it.

While Dikshit has been working on IAQ since several years now, he says that he came across only handful of countries that had systems in place to look into the issue. "Research abroad shows that IAQ is a bigger threat than outdoor pollution. A study by Sheffield University in UK reveals that even in Sheffield, the quantum is three times higher in homes there than that of outdoors," Dikshit said.

Suspended particles, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, dust mites, formaldehyde and redone are the main contributors to indoor pollution. "Even the World Health Organization has expressed concern over the issue," Dikshit said. He said that the main pollutants were stoves in the kitchen, other domestic appliances, household cleaners, cosmetics and insect repellents besides others.

Dikshit said that he and like-minded people have been contemplating to set up the centre near the city since quite some time now. "Even if the GPCB or the state government has limitations, we propose to start it on our own. If the government takes an initiative, we will join it," he said.

Heavy vehicles banned around Amitnagar flyover

VADODARA: The traffic authorities have imposed a complete ban on the movement of heavy vehicles around the Amit Nagar circle due to ongoing construction of the flyover on VIP road.

Earlier, heavy vehicles were banned from moving on that road between 10 am to 1 pm, but due to the traffic volumes in the area and presence of several schools and commercial complexes in the vicinity, the restriction was found to be insufficient. To avoid accidents and congestion on the stretch, now, heavy vehicles would not be allowed to enter between 9 am to 10 pm on the road from Utkarsh circle to Amit Nagar circle and vice versa.

Further, the traffic police have also banned parking in the service lanes on both sides of the upcoming over-bridge to decrease traffic congestion on the stretch.

As an alternative route, vehicles heading for Amit nagar circles can take a turn from Utkarsh circle to Muktanand circle and to Karelibaug water tank crossroads to arrive at Amit nagar circle. Those heading for Utkarsh Circle can take the opposite route.

As another alternative, vehicles can turn from Utkarsh circle towards GIPCL circle and on to Sama road to reach Amit Nagar circle.

The construction of the flyover started in November 2011 and was targeted for completion with in 15 months.

Agency to install dancing fountain at Kamatibaug

VADODARA: The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) will take up the work on a laser and musical dancing fountain at Kamatibaug on a public-private partnership (PPP) basis. The civic body has identified an agency that will take up work on the fountain.

The VMC had made a proposal for the fountain in its budget for the present financial year along with a toy train. While the train got a nod in July from the standing committee, the committee will take up the work for the fountain on its agenda later this week.

VMC officials said that four companies had shown interest in the project and their presentations were seen by a committee formed by the VMC to see the project through. After detailed examination of the technical bids and financial aspects, the civic body has zeroed down upon a contractor Cube Constructions. The VMC administration has proposed that a memorandum of understanding should be signed with the company for the fountain. tnn

While the civic body will provide the space, the contractor will install, operate and maintain the fountain. A committee formed by the VMC will also decide the ticket rates for the show of the fountain.

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પ્લેટફોર્મ નં.૧, ૨ અને ૩ ઉપર પહેલા તબક્કામાં ચાર એસ્કેલરેટર મુકી તેનો એક વર્ષમાં મુસાફરો ઉપયોગ કરતાં થઇ જાય તેવું આયોજન
વિકલાંગ અને વૃદ્ધોને દાદર ચઢવાની તકલીફ દૂર થશે
એસ્કેલરેટર મૂકવા અંગેની ટેન્ડર પ્રક્રિયા શરૂ કરાઇ

વડોદરા રેલવે સ્ટેશને એસ્કેલરેટરની સુવિધા ઊભી કરવાનો નિર્ણય લીધો છે. વડોદરા ડિવિઝનના આ નિર્ણયને વડી કચેરી મુંબઇ અને રેલવે મંત્રાલયની પરવાનગી મળી ગઇ હોઇ એસ્કેલરેટર મૂકવાની દિશામાં પ્રયાસો શરૂ કરી દેવાયા છે

૧૫૨ વર્ષથી રેલ યાત્રીઓની અવરજવરથી ધમધમતા વડોદરા રેલવે સ્ટેશનને મુસાફરોની સુવિધા માટે એસ્કેલરેટરની સુવિધાથી સજજ કરવાનો નિર્ણય લેવાયો છે. આ અંગેની ટેન્ડર પ્રક્રિયા ગતિમાં હોઇ બે-ત્રણ મહિનામાં એસ્કેલરેટર મૂકવાની કાર્યવાહી શરૂ કરી એક વર્ષના સમયગાળામાં મુસાફરોને એસ્કેલરેટરની સુવિધા ઉપલબ્ધ કરાવવા માટે વડોદરા રેલવે ડિવિઝન કટિબદ્ધ બન્યું છે.

આજે મોટા શોપિંગ મોલ કે મલ્ટિપ્લેક્સમાં આવતાં મુલાકાતીઓ માટે દાદરની જગ્યાએ ઇલેકટ્રોનિક દાદર અથૉત્ એસ્કેલરેટરની સુવિધા છે. વડોદરા રેલવે ડિવિઝનના સત્તાવાળાઓએ રેલવે સ્ટેશન ખાતે એક પ્લેટફોર્મ પરથી બીજા પ્લેટફોર્મ પર જવા માટે મુસાફરોને પડતી અગવડ તેમજ શારીરિક અશકત, વિકલાંગ અને વૃદ્ધ નાગરિકોને દાદર ચઢ-ઉતર કરવામાં થતી હાલાકીને નજરમાં રાખી વડોદરા રેલવે સ્ટેશને એસ્કેલરેટરની સુવિધા ઊભી કરવાનો નિર્ણય લીધો છે. વડોદરા ડિવિઝનના આ નિર્ણયને વડી કચેરી મુંબઇ અને રેલવે મંત્રાલયની પરવાનગી મળી ગઇ હોઇ એસ્કેલરેટર મૂકવાની દિશામાં પ્રયાસો શરૂ કરી દેવાયા છે.

પ્રાપ્ત વિગતો મુજબ વડોદરા રેલવે સ્ટેશન ખાતેના પ્લેટફોર્મ નં.૧, ૨ અને ૩ ઉપર પહેલા તબક્કામાં ચાર એસ્કેલરેટર મૂકવા માટેનું આયોજન કરાયું છે. જેનાથી પ્લેટફોર્મ નં.૧ પરથી પ્લેટફોર્મ નં.૨ અને ૩ ઉપર જઇ શકાશે અને એવી જ રીતે પ્લેટફોર્મ નં. ૨ અને ૩ પરથી પ્લેટફોર્મ નં.૧ ઉપર આવી બહાર નીકળી શકાશે.

વડોદરા રેલવે સ્ટેશન ખાતે એસ્કેલરેટર મૂકવા માટેનું ટેન્ડર પ્રસિદ્ધ કરવાની કાર્યવાહી શરૂ કરી દેવાઇ છે. જેની પ્રક્રિયા ઝડપભેર પૂરી કરી ત્રણ મહિનામાં એસ્કેલરેટર મૂકવાની કામગીરી શરૂ થાય તે માટે ડિવિઝનના વહીવટી, યાંત્રિક, ઇજનેરી અને બાંધકામ વિભાગે એકબીજા સાથે સંકલનમાં રહીને પ્રયાસો હાથ ધર્યા છે.એક વર્ષમાં આ એસ્કેલેટરર્સ કાર્યરત થઇ જાય તેવું આયોજન છે.

ખંભાતના ડીઆરયુસીસીના સભ્યની રજુઆત ફળી

ત્રણ મહિના અગાઉ મળેલી વડોદરા ડિવિઝનની ડી.આર.યુ.સી.સી.(ડિવીઝનલ રેલવે યુઝર્સ કન્સલ્ટેટિવ કમિટી)ની બેઠકમાં વડોદરામાં એસ્કેલરેટર મૂકવાનો મુદ્દો ખંભાતના સભ્ય કનુભાઇ શાહ દ્વારા રજુ થયો હતો. જેને ધ્યાનમાં લઇ વડોદરાને એસ્કેલરેટરની સુવિધા અપાઇ છે.

અમદાવાદ અને આણંદમાં પણ એસ્કેલરેટર મૂકાશે

વડોદરા રેલવે સ્ટેશન ઉપરાંત અમદાવાદ અને આણંદ રેલવે સ્ટેશન ખાતે પણ એસ્કેલરેટરની સુવિધા ઉપલબ્ધ કરાવાશે. અત્રે ઉલ્લેખનીય છે, આણંદ એ રેલવે રાજ્યમંત્રી ભરતસિંહ સોલંકીના લોકસભા મતવિસ્તારમાં આવે છે. જેથી આણંદ સ્ટેશનની પસંદગી કરાઇ હોય તેમ ચર્ચાઇ રહ્યું છે.

વડોદરાને મોડલ રેલવે સ્ટેશન બનાવવાના પ્રયત્નો

વડોદરા રેલવે સ્ટેશન ‘એ’ કેટેગરીમાં આવે છે. આ રેલવે સ્ટેશનને મોડલ બનાવવા સમયાંતરે વિવિધ પ્રોજેક્ટ હાથ ધરવામાં આવે છે. જે અંતર્ગત હવે એસ્કેલરેટર મૂકવાનું કામ અમે હાથ પર લીધું છે. પહેલા તબક્કામાં પ્લેટફોર્મ નં.૧,૨ અને ૩ ઉપર એસ્કેલરેટર મૂકવાનું આયોજન છે. જેમાં ચાર એસ્કેલરેટર (બે સેટ) મૂકાશે, જે માટે રૂ.અઢી કરોડનો ખર્ચ કરાશે. એસ્કેલરેટર મૂકવાની કામગીરી એક વર્ષમાં પૂર્ણ કરાશે.-ઉદયશંકર જહા, સિનિયર ડી.સી.એમ. વડોદરા ડિવિઝન

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‘વહો વિશ્વામિત્રી’ : વડોદરાને મળશે રિવર ફ્રન્ટ
નેશનલ બાયોશિલ્ડ સોસાયટી દ્વારા હાથ ધરવામાં આવેલા ‘વહો વિશ્વામિત્રી’ પ્રોજેક્ટ પરની કામગીરી પૂરી કરી દેવાઇ
દેશનાં કોઇપણ બાયોશિલ્ડ પ્રોજેક્ટનું હેડક્વાર્ટર હવેથી વડોદરા જ રહેશે

પાવાગઢથી ખંભાત ૧૩૨ કિમી વિસ્તારના નદીના પટનું ત્રણ ઝોનમાં બ્યૂટિફિકેશન

વિશ્વામિત્રીને દૂષિત બનાવવા માટે શહેરની ગટરોનાં પાણી જવાબદાર

એક સમયની વહેતી નદી વિશ્વામિત્રી આજે નાળું બની ગઇ છે. છેલ્લાં કેટલાક સમયથી આ નદીને ફરીથી નવપલ્લવિત કરવાના પ્રોજેક્ટ ‘વહો વિશ્વામિત્રી’ પર કામ ચાલતું હતું, જે હાલમાં જ પૂરો થયો છે. બાયોશિલ્ડના સિદ્ધાંત પર તૈયાર થયેલા આ પ્રોજેક્ટમાં પાવાગઢથી માંડીને ખંભાતના અખાત સુધીના નદીના પટને ફરી જીવંત કરવામાં આવશે.

નેશનલ બાયોશિલ્ડ સોસાયટી દ્વારા હાથ ધરવામાં આવેલા આ પ્રોજેક્ટનું હેડ ક્વાર્ટર શહેરનું કમ્યૂનિટી સાયન્સ સેન્ટર છે. દેશમાં જ્યાં પણ બાયોશિલ્ડ પ્રોજેક્ટ હાથ ધરાશે તેનું તમામ કામકાજ શહેરનાં હેડ ક્વાર્ટરમાંથી જ કરવામાં આવશે. કમ્યૂનિટી સાયન્સ સેન્ટરના વાઇઝ ચેરમેન અને ‘વહો વિશ્વામિત્રી’ પ્રોજેક્ટનાં ઇન્ચાર્જ પદ્મશ્રી એમ.એચ. મહેતાએ જણાવ્યું કે, ‘શહેરનો આ પ્રોજેક્ટ આઇડિયલ મોડલ પ્રોજેક્ટ બનશે. દક્ષિણ ભારતના કલ્પક્કમમાં જે રીતે સમુદ્રના કિનારાનું બ્યૂટિફિકેશન કરવામાં આવ્યું હતું તે જ મોડલ પર કામ કરવામાં આવશે.

આ પ્રોજેક્ટ હેઠળ ૧૩૨ કિમી વિસ્તારને નવું સ્વરૂપ આપી તેને હરિયાળો બનાવવામાં આવશે.’ અત્યારની સ્થિતિમાં વિશ્વામિત્રીમાં સતત વહેણ ભાગ્યે જ જોવા મળે. પરંતુ એવા પુરાવા છે એક સમયે વિશ્વામિત્રીનું વહેણ હંમેશાં રહેતું હતું, એવું જ વહેણ વિશ્વામિત્રીને વર્તમાન સમયમાં પણ મળી રહે તે માટે ચેકડેમ બનાવવાનાં સૂચન આ રિપોર્ટનો અગત્યનો હિસ્સો છે. એક્સ્પર્ટ્સના મતે વિશ્વામિત્રીના હાલ બેહાલ કરવા પાછળ, વિશ્વામિત્રીને દૂષિત બનાવવામાં સૌથી મહત્વનો ફાળો શહેરની ગટરોના પાણીનો છે.

નદીના પટમાં પ્લાન્ટેશન શરૂ

વહો વિશ્વામિત્રી પ્રોજેક્ટના બીજા ચરણની વાટાધાટોની પ્રકિયા વિચાર હેઠળ છે જેમાં અંદાજે એકાદ વર્ષ જેટલો સમય પણ લાગી શકે છે. જ્યારે આ પ્રોજેક્ટને નેશનલ પ્રોજેક્ટની મંજુરી માટે પણ સેન્ટ્રલ ગવર્મેન્ટને રજુઆત કરાઈ છે. હાલોલ અને વડોદરા નજીકના વિસ્તારમાં ટ્રી પ્લાન્ટેશન શરૂ કરાયું છે.

પ્રોજેક્ટની સાથે આ પણ...

આ પ્રોજેક્ટમાં નદીની બંને તરફે ફાસ્ટ ટ્રેક રોડ બનાવવાનું સૂચન કરવામાં આવ્યું છે. મગરોનો સૂચિત ક્રોકોડાઇલ પાર્ક બનાવવાનો પ્રસ્તાવ આ રિપોર્ટમાં દાખલ કરાયો છે. જ્યારે જુના બરોડા સ્ટેટમાં નદીની આસપાસના વિવિધ ૩૫૦ વૃક્ષો હતાં આ પ્રોજેક્ટમાં પણ એટલી જ સંખ્યામાં વૃક્ષો ઉગાડવામાં આવશે.

શું છે એકશન પ્લાન?

આ પ્રોજેક્ટ અંતર્ગત નદીની બાજુની જમીનના પ્રકાર અનુરૂપ તેને વિવિધ ઝોનમાં ફેરવવામાં આવશે. નદીના કિનારામાં નાની અને ટૂંકા કદની વનસ્પતિઓ ઉગાડાશે. જ્યારે ઝોન ૨ એટલે કે ઝોન ૧ પછીની જમીનમાં મધ્યમ કદનાં છોડવાં-વૃક્ષો રોપવામાં આવશે. લેયરના અંતમાં આવતી જમીન પર વિશાળ વૃક્ષો ઉગાડાવશે. જે માટે ૯૦ લાખ વૃક્ષો ઉગાડવાં પડશે.

^^ That's very good news. Third riverfront for Gujarat. Now only Rajkot left, then all four major cities of Gujarat will have their own riverfronts. :cheers:

^^
:banana: Very good news for Vadodara.

But Rajkot does'nt have a big river, does it? But it has plenty of big lakes which can be beautified like Kankaria...

વડોદરાનો બદલાશે નક્શો: એક જ કલાકમાં ૨૩૧ કરોડનાં ૪૨ કામો મંજૂર

એક જ કલાકમાં ૨૩૧ કરોડનાં ૪૨ કામો મંજૂર

સ્થાયીમાં ચટ મંગની પટ બ્યાહ જેવો ઘાટ

ચૂંટણીના જાહેરનામા આડે ૧પ દિવસ બાકી રહેતાં કામો મંજૂર કરવાની હોડ

એક મિનિટમાં સરેરાશ ૩.૮પ કરોડના કામોને મંજુરીની મહોર

વિધાનસભાની ચૂંટણીના જાહેરનામાને લઇને કાઉન્ટ ડાઉન ચાલી રહ્યુ છે ત્યારે સેવાસદનની સ્થાયી સમિતિમાં આજે એક કલાકમાં જ નૂર્મના ૧૦૭ કરોડના આવાસો બાંધવા સહિ*ત ૨૩૧ કરોડ ની દરખાસ્તને એક જ ઝાટકે મંજુર કરી હતી.

ગુજરાત વિધાનસભાની ચૂંટણીનુ જાહેરનામુ પંદર દિવસમાં જાહેર થાય તેવી શકયતાઓ રહેલી છે અને ચૂંટણી જાહેર થતાં જ આચારસંહિ*તા અમલમાં આવી જતી હોય છે. આચારસંહિ*તા અમલમાં આવતા જ મતદારોને પ્રલોભન કરાવવાની કોઇ જાહેરાત કરી શકાતી નથી અને વિકાસના કામો મંજુર કરી શકાતા નથી.

આ સંજોગોમાં, સેવાસદનની સ્થાયી સમિતિના એજન્ડામાં ચૂંટણી લક્ષી ૪૯ દરખાસ્તોનો સમાવેશ કરવામાં આવ્યો હતો. સામાન્ય રીતે, સ્થાયી સમિતિના એજન્ડામાં પાંચ પચાસ કરોડ રૂપિયાના કામો મંજુરી માટે આવતા હોય છે. પરંતુ, ચૂંટણીના જાહેરનામાની શક્યતાથી ૨૩પ કરોડના કામો સૂચવતી ૪૯ દરખાસ્ત રજૂ કરવામાં આવી હતી.

આજે સાંજે સાડા ચાર કલાકે સેવાસદનની સ્થાયી સમિતિની બેઠકમાં ૪૯ દરખાસ્ત પૈકી ૪૨ દરખાસ્ત ઉપર મંજુરીની મહોર મારવામાં આવી હતી. આ મંજુરી માટે માત્ર એક કલાકનો સમય લીધો હતો. સામાન્ય રીતે એક દરખાસ્ત ચર્ચા કરવામાં આવે તો સ્વભાવિક છે કે ૪૯ દરખાસ્ત ઉપર ૨૪પ મિનીટ એટલે ચાર કલાક અને પાંચ મિનીટનો સમય લાગે . પરંતુ, આજે આઠ પાનાના સ્થાયી સમિતિના એજન્ડામાં સમાવષ્ટિ ૪૯ દરખાસ્ત પૈકી ૪૨ દરખાસ્તને મંજુર કરવા માટે સ્થાયી સમિતિએ ૧ કલાકનો એટલે કે ૬૦ મિનીટનો જ સમય લીધો હતો . આમ, એક મિનીટમાં સરેરાશ ૩.૮પ કરોડના કામોને મંજુરીની મહોર મારવામાં આવી હતી.

૧૭ કરોડના માર્ગ મંજૂર, બનશે ચોમાસા પછી

શહેરના વિવિધ વિસ્તારોમાં ૧૭ કરોડના ખર્ચે છ રસ્તા બનાવવાની દરખાસ્તને સ્થાયી સમિતિએ મંજુરીની મહોર મારી હતી. આ છ માર્ગો માટે હાલ ચોમાસુ ચાલુ હોવાથી કામગીરી શરૂ કરી શકાશે નહીં . આ રસ્તાના કામોને મંજુરી આપ્યા બાદ હવે વર્કઓર્ડર અપાશે ત્યારે ૧૭ કરોડના રસ્તાના કામો માટે ખાતમુર્હુત કરવાની ઉતાવળ દાખવવામાં આવશેતે નિ*શ્ચિ*ત છે.

કયાં કામ મુલતવી રખાયાં?

દક્ષિણ ઝોન તેમજ પાણી વિતરણ શાખા માટે પાણીની નળિકાઓની નિભાવણીની કામગીરી નોંધાયેલા કોઇપણ ઇજારદાર પાસેથી કરાવવવાની ભલામણને આજે મંજુર કરી ન હતી. માંજલપુર ટાઉનશીપ અને વડસર સુધી ડીઆઇ નળિકા નાંખવા માટે ૩.૩૦ કરોડના ટેન્ડરને બહાલી આપવા અને જેતલપુર ઓવરબ્રિજ નીચે અંડરપાસથી મેસોનિક ચાર રસ્તા તરફ ગાર્ડનીગની કામગીરી માટે ચેઇનલીંક ફેન્સીંગની કામગીરી અને લાલબાગ ઓવરબ્રિજ નીચે ચેઇનલીંક ફેન્સીંગની કામગીરી કરાવવાનો નિર્ણય મુલતવી રાખવામાં આવ્યો હતો.

કઇ દરખાસ્ત પરત કરાઇ

શહેરના ચાર ઝોનમાં અદ્યતન શાકમાર્કેટ નુ આયોજન કરવા મંજુરી આપવા, શાકમાર્કેટનુ પ્લાનીંગ કરવા મંજુરી આપવા સહિ*તની સત્તા કમિશનરને આપવા માટે છેલ્લા ચાર મહિ*નાથી અટવાઇ પડેલી દરખાસ્તને સ્થાયી સમિતિએ આજે પરત કરી હતી. જેથી આ દરખાસ્ત લોલીપોપ સાબિત થઇ હતી. જયારે, સેવાસદનના હદ વિસ્તાર અને આજુબાજુના પાંચ કિમીના વુડા વિસ્તારમાં વરસાદી ગટર સિસ્ટમનો સંયુકત માસ્ટર પ્લાન બનાવવા માટે કન્સલ્ટન્ટની નિમણૂંક કરવા માટેની ભલામણને પણ પરત કરવામાં આવી હતી.

ફતેગંજના બ્રિજ માટે વિકલ્પને સૈદ્ધાંતિક મજૂરી અપાઇ

શહેરના મુખ્ય ૪૦ મીટરના રીંગ રોડ ઉપર ફતેગંજ અને આઇપીસીએલ જંકન ઉપર સંયુકત ફલાઇઓવર બનાવવાની ભલામણ કરવામાં આવી હતી.૭૨.૯પ કરોડના સૂચિત ખર્ચાને આજે મળેલી સ્થાયી સમિતિએ મંજુરી આપી હતી. આ મંજુરી બાદ હવે ડીઝાઇન આધારે ટેન્ડર મંગાવવામાં આવશે અને મંજુર ટેન્ડર થયા બાદ ફલાય બ્રિજને લગતી કામગીરી શરૂ થશે પણ તેમાં હજુ ચાર છ મહિ*ના નીકળી જશે.

ગેસ બિલ બજવણીની કામગીરી જૂના કોન્ટ્રાકટર કરશે

ગેસ ગ્રાહકોને ત્યાં ઇજારદાર દ્વાર મીટર રીડીંગ લઇ બિલ બજાવવાની કામગીરી અર્થે આવેલા ત્રણ ટેન્ડર પૈકી પ્રતિ બિલ ૨.૭૯ સહિ*ત કુલ ૧૨.૭૮ લાખનુ ટેન્ડર મંજુર કરવાની દરખાસ્ત સ્થાયી સમિતિએ ના મંજુર કરી હતી. હાલના ઇજારાની મુદત પૂરી થયા બાદ વધુ છ મહિ*ના માટે બિલ બજવણીની કામગીરી તેની પાસે જ કરાવવાનુ સ્થાયી સમિતિએ ઠરાવ્યુ હતુ.

વડોદરાની ચોતરફ વિકાસની અમૂલ્ય તક


વુડાનો ડેવલપમેન્ટ પ્લાન વિઝન ૨૦૩૧ શહેરને નવી દિશા આપશે

આયોજનબદ્ધ વિકાસ માટે ૮ સ્પેશિયલ નોડ ઉપયોગી સાબિત થશે

સ્પેશિયલ નોડમાં આવનાર નવા રોકાણ સાથે મકાનોની માગ વધશે

દેશના અન્ય શહેરોની તુલનામાં વડોદરાના વિકાસમાં શહેરની ભૌગોલિક પરિસ્થિતિ ઉપયોગી સાબિત થશે. તેમાં પણ વુડાના હાલમાં જ અમલમાં આવેલ ડેવલોપમેન્ટ પ્લાન ૨૦૩૧ શહેર અને તેની આસપાસના ગામોને વિકાસની નવી દિશા આપશે.

ખાસ કરીને વુડા દ્વારા આયોજનબદ્ધ વિકાસ માટે અમલમાં મૂકવામાં આવેલા ૮ સ્પેશિયલ નોડ આ વિકાસમાં અત્યંત ઉપયોગી સાબિત થશે. જેમાં આ સ્પેશિયલ નોડમાં આવનાર નવા રોકાણો સાથે મકાનની માંગમાં પણ વઘારો થાય તેવી શક્યતાઓ જોવા મળે છે.

શહેરની આસપાસ રહેલી વિકાસની આવી તકને ઝડપી પાડવા માટે શહેરના બિલ્ડર અને ડેવલોપરોએ અગમચેતી વાપરી શહેરની આસપાસ નવી સ્કીમો મુકવાની શરૂઆત કરી છે. આ સ્કીમોને પણ હાલ સુંદર પ્રતિસાદ મળી રહ્યો છે. આ અંગે જાણકારોના મતે આવનાર દિવસોમાં શહેર સાથે આસપાસના વિસ્તારોમાં રીયલ એસ્ટેટમાં કરેલું રોકાણ ઉચ્ચ નફો આપનાર
સાબિત થશે.

રૂ. ૧૨૨૦ કરોડનો ખર્ચ કરાશે

વુડા વિસ્તારને શહેરની સમતલ સુવિધાઓ મળી રહે તે માટે વુડા દ્વારા શહેરની આસપાસ આવેલાં ૨૪ ગામોમાં ૭પ જેટલી ટીપી સ્કીમો અમલમાં મૂકવાના કરવામાં આવેલા આયોજન પાછળ રૂ. ૧૨૨૦ કરોડનો ખર્ચ કરવામાં આવનાર છે. જે માટે વુડા દ્વારા રાજ્ય સરકાર પાસે ગ્રાંટની માંગણી કરવામાં આવી હોવાનું જાણવા મળ્યું છે.

વુડા વિસ્તારમાં ટીપી સ્કીમોનું પણ આયોજન

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