Ahmedabad Discussions

[GJ10]

Slum Development: Two realty firms approach AMC

The state government's Slum Rehabilitation Policy is catching the eye of realty players.

After a Mumbai-based realty firm, Akruti City, came forward to rehabilitate slum dwellers, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has received two more application from city-based realty firms.

Municipal commissioner, IP Gautam, said that HN Safal Realty Pvt Limited and another realty firm have shown interest in developing houses for slum dwellers.

They have also evinced interest in developing commercial area in slum pockets of city as per the state government's slum rehabilitation policy.

A senior official in the housing department said that they have received initial applications from the two firms showing interest in commencing the project.

"But as per the guidelines, the realtors will have to get consent from 75% of the slum dwellers," the official said.

He said after making the initial applications, no realtor has approached the civic body with the consent of 75% of the people of a given slum.

"If they do so we will allow them to choose the area and start the work in the slum pocket," he said.

Another senior official in the AMC said that one of the clauses in the policy is that a slum dweller should have been living in Gujarat for more than 25 years.

"Realtors are finding it difficult to adhere to this clause as many slum dwellers in the slum pocket may be new or may not be residing their since 25 years," he said.

Akruti City has already started a survey for its proposal for the development of slum pockets in Khokhra, Isanpur and Ramapir na Tekra.

Under the project around 5 plots in three slum pockets will be included if the project materialises. Total land under the five plots will be 5,88,213 square metre, if one goes by AMC record.

If sources are to be believed, around 9,120 tenement units will be constructed with 240 amenity units in the five pockets.

Each tenement unit will have a living room, bedroom, kitchen, wash room and balcony.

As per the policy, the government or the local body will identify the slum pockets and start projects under public private partnership for their development.

Government will sign pacts with private developers and allow them to build houses for slum dwellers.

In return, the developers will be provided land for commercial use at the same place and will also get additional transferable FSI that will also be used at developer's other location.

[kp.muthu99]

Good step by Hon CM of Guj and state people ,
but these slums keep poping up,they must be strict as not to allow any more slums in the city .they must make the open govt land as park and garden so tht people get clean and green place

Originally Posted by shreyas1684

actually they hv started it in vadodara too...

[Wallst]

Originally Posted by kp.muthu99

Good step by Hon CM of Guj and state people ,
but these slums keep poping up,they must be strict as not to allow any more slums in the city .they must make the open govt land as park and garden so tht people get clean and green place

So where they should go? HITEC City or Banjara Hill in HYD? Or some IT park in Banglore have space for them?

[GJ10]

Double Decker Bus as Mobile Restaurant in Ahmedabad



Vietnamese voiceover somewhat drowns out the original speech, but the general gist of it should be self-explanatory

Strangely enough, with this video alone, its highly likely that NTDTV Vietnam has overtaken NDTV India in terms of reports/articles/videos of Gujarat development here on SSCI (definitely my posts anyway)

Funny how the world works...

[dhim100]

Interesting concept but not sure if it will work in India with awful air/noise pollution and sheer traffic chaos on the city roads.

[aks_sky]

Ahmedabad: Your children might be taking theoretical lessons on banking in the confines of their classrooms. Come August-end however, and you will be able to take them to practical lessons on the same, in a life-like replica of a bank, and what's more - with the click of a mouse!

This and more will be made possible by an ambitious Rs11.85-crore project called 'Kids City' being developed by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) in the Kankaria lake premises. The civic body plans to go tech savvy with this project, with facilities like online bookings as well as a modern website to market it nationally.

Civic body authorities are working overnight to complete the project by August-end. Under the Kids City project - originally derived from Jakarta's Kidzania - there will be 17 replicas including a bank, a radio station, fire and emergency services, an airport etc.

"We plan to launch Kids City's own website to make it accessible.

The website will include facilities like online advanced booking.

For example, if a school wants to plan a trip to Kids City a month in advance, they can do so using the online booking facility," said an official.

One of the main attractions here will be the fire and emergency service model, or the mini fire station. "There will be lessons on what people should do when a fire breaks out. With help of lights, there will be a reflection of fire on a wall. A small fire van will also be posted with the help of which, kids can spray water on the fire and the lights will go off," said the official.

The idea is to develop a space for kids where they can learn these important operations and have fun too. Inclusive of parking space, the Kids City will be spread across 4800 square metres of space.

DNA

[GJ10]

Ahmedabad beats Paks green record

With an aim to achieve Green Ahmedabad City tag, a record 7.50 lakh saplings were planted in 12 hours across Ahmedabad civic limits as well as peripheral areas of Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority on Saturday.

Inaugurating the campaign on the Gujarat University campus here, Chief Minister Narendra Modi thanked the citizens, young and old, women and children, for breaking an earlier record of 5.5 lakh saplings planted in a day in entire Pakistan.

Modi said while people may milk nature, they must not exploit it for the sake of consumerism. He said that belatedly, the West had started acknowledging the Indian religio-cultural ethos that connected man with nature. “India has stuck to the principle of trusteeship” that allowed use of natural resource only as much as required and not more, he said.

He described in detail the transition of the city from its polluting past to refreshing present ensured by a host of initiatives over the years like introduction of CNG and BRT system in transportation and moving from ground water to Narmada water and how this improved bones of people earlier impacted by high fluoride content.

By Saturday evening, 3.10 lakh trees were planted in Ahmedabad municipal limits, predominantly ornamental in nature. In AUDA area, 4.54 lakh trees were planted, which were more economical in nature, said Pradeep Khanna, the principal chief conservator of the forest. Around 26,000 volunteers including students, foresters and organisations were involved in the plantation drive.

Similarly, in Surat too, the forest department joined hands with the SMC, planting a total of 4.39 lakh trees. Significant too was the forest department’s drive to plant 1.80 lakh mangroves in the coastal area in Surat.

[ashwa]

have they made any arrangements to look after them, water them?

[aks_sky]

This is innovative in my view. If they did this in more places they can fuel the increasing demand by a tiny bit and maybe help with the rising food prices.

Adopting the Gandhian ideology of self-reliance has helped Vidyapeeth student found a way to beat the prise rise heat. The students have been using terrace of their hostels to grow vegetables which are being served twice a week to 375 students. The results of terrace farming is encouraging as the monthly expenditure on vegetable have gone down significantly.

Gujarat Vidyapeeth Registrar Rajendra Khimani said: “Students prepare manure and use them in their terrace farm. They have not only learnt a new technique in farming but also learnt how to create a source of income by making the best use of available space. The students are growing spinach, gourd and coriander.”

It is a good lesson in environment, too, as the terraces have also become green. Infact, Vidyapeeth students at Dethli, Randheja and Sadra campuses has been into farming since 2003. They are growing vegetables and other agricultural produce on the campus

Source

[GJ10]

Following on from this post from when the idea was first announced



Ahmedabad Metropolitan Region

Size does matter for Ahmedabad especially after the registrar general announced the Ahmedabad Urban Agglomeration (AUA) some time back — spanning 750 square kilometres, which will form the core urban area of city.

But few know that a plan for the Ahmedabad Metropolitan Region (AMR) spanning 10,222 square kilometres, much on the lines of National Capital Region (NCR)-Delhi, Mumbai metropolitan region (MMR) gathers dust in the state government. CEPT University was roped in as a consultant for the project and asked to prepare a report on AMR which they submitted two years back. But since then has been tangled up in a variety of political and regional issues.

However, CEPT had submitted a plan for Hyderabad-Secunderabad metropolitan region spanning more than 8,000 square kilometres and has been accepted by the Andhra Pradesh state government. “The issue is complex as regional controls play a major role in decision making process. These include, village, taluka, and district level controls which is yet to be resolved.

Earlier there were talks on a 3,000 square kilometres and 4,000 square kilometres of metropolitan area for Ahmedabad and was stuck in these vital issues,” says a senior official in the Gujarat Industrial Development Board (GIDB). Ahmedabad was talking big in AMR as the plan stretched the city’s limits up to as far as Viramgam, Mehsana, Prantij, Petlad, Umreth, Tarapur and Nalsarovar. A big leap, given that just three years ago Ahmedabad was just a 198 sq km city when it gobbled up another 300 sq km to emerge as a mega city spread over 498 sq km and housing 55 lakh people.

To begin with, the plan suggests that Ahmedabad metropolitan will be powered by four immediate growth centres — Sanand, Dehgam, Kalol and Mehemdabad. Later, it would also encompass seven new urban centres — Anand, Tarapur, Nadiad, Matar in the south-east of the metro region and Kadi, Viramgam, Detroj in the north-west.

At least three options for urban agglomerate were submitted to the urban development department which included, plans for 1,880 sq km, 1,240 sq km and 944 sq km. The census department had mentioned an urban agglomerate for 750 sq km. And just like NCR Development Authority lords over 30,000 sq km area as a policy making and planning body, Ahmedabad Metropolitan Region Development Authority (AMRDA) was to be responsible for planning growth in the region without confronting the authority and functioning of panchayats. Sources said while the AMR Bill is being drafted, a notification would be enough to kickstart the process.

With big ticket projects like Tata’s Nano parked next door, special investment regions (SIRs) in Dholera all set to take off and the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) gearing up to drive through, Ahmedabad is dreaming big.

[aks_sky]

The idea seems very good but lets see when they actually get it off the paper and into reality.

Chief minister Narendra Modi may live in one of the most sanitised environments in Gandhinagar. But as a youngster, he had spent some time managing the front office a small, dingy canteen for his brother at the Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) depot at Gita Mandir in Ahmedabad. While serving cups of tea to harried passengers, he must have seen how travellers had to tread over a minefield of muck and unbearable stench to catch their bus. Not much has changed since those days, but expect a total transformation in the next two years as six GSRTC depots give you the feel of a mall. India’s third largest realty firm Ackruti City Limited (ACL) will develop six international standard bus terminals as part a public-private partnership (PPP) project with the Gujarat government. ACL has already hired two Singapore-based architecture firms —Woods Bagot and Space Matrix — to design the terminals with the latest public amenities. The Rs 300 crore project includes existing bus stations in Ahmedabad (Gita Mandir) and Vadodara. Another four new locations will be developed in Ahmdedabad (near Subhash bridge), Surat (Adajan), Vadodara (Makarpura) and Mahesana. The new designs promise the atmosphere of an airport. Just that you will catch a bus to go to your destination, not an aircraft! Of the 2.30 lakh sq mt land earmarked for the project, ACL will use 70 per cent for bus terminals, including circulation area for buses and public amenities. The developer will construct commercial spaces on the remaining space, ACL sources said. “Though GSRTC will own the swanky properties, ACL will maintain and operate them for 30 years. The developer will also be allowed to lease out the commercial spaces for 90 years,” said a company official. The amenities will include two-level basement parking spaces, hygienic restrooms, waiting areas, ticketing counters, tourist information centres, ramps, and toilets for handicapped persons. Besides, pedestrian areas and bus areas have been kept separate in the design to avoid accidents. Pick-up and drop-off points with basic facilities like digital display boards, path-finder signages and public address systems will also come up. Given that we live in the age of terrorism and the fact that bus depots have a extremely high concentration of travellers during peak hours, security has been given extra attention in the project. Apart from erecting special barriers, the new depots will have CCTV camera and screening of passengers. Baggage screening at the time of departure, similar to those at airports, has also been envisaged.
Facilities at the new bus depots Direct pedestrian access from arrival area to rickshaw and taxi services
Pick-up & drop-off points with special taxi & auto stands
CCTV at crucial points for security
Baggage screening at departing points
Information kiosks & digital display boards
Way-finder signages
Lost & found counters
Hygienic restrooms and drinking water facilities

The new bus terminals and commercial complexes will be environmentally friendly and meet the stringent requirements of the LEED rating system for green buildings. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED rating, has been developed by the US Green Building Council and is followed by many countries. Cooling technology that does not consume too much energy, water conservation, waste water management, rainwater harvesting and use of renewable energy, like wind and solar power, have been incorporated in the design to make the buildings energy efficient. Massive tree plantation and landscaping of gardens has also been planned. Woods Bagot, which will design terminals at Subhash Bridge and Gita Mandir in Ahmedabad, has developed the Coach Bus Station in Shanghai, Leicester City Market in the UK, Marina Resort in the port town of Treguier in France and the Michael Schumacher World Champion Tower which is a 66-storey building coming up at the Reem Island waterfront in Abu Dhabi. The other firm Space Matrix will design terminals in Vadodara, Surat and Mehsana. The company’s clients include Fortune 500 companies like Mearsk, Motorola, Shell, Nokia and Ford among others.

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[Kaushik Parmar]

True High Definition Videos on Ahmedabad:









































It is possible some of these videos you guys have already seen, but since this is dedicated Ahmedabad link so I hereby post all again.

Feedback & Suggestions are welcome.

Thanks.

[Kaushik Parmar]

15th August 2010, Independence Day was celebrated in this way:



Feedback & suggestions are welcome.

Thanks,
Kaushik

[GJ10]

Great vids Kaushikbhai!

At some point, would be great to see another Sabarmati Riverfront vid, your other one is almost a year old, so would be ideal to see how much progress has been made in 12months!

Other than that, can only encourage you to carry on in the same vein, as you clearly know how to put a good vid together!

[Kaushik Parmar]

Originally Posted by GJ10

Great vids Kaushikbhai!

At some point, would be great to see another Sabarmati Riverfront vid, your other one is almost a year old, so would be ideal to see how much progress has been made in 12months!

Other than that, can only encourage you to carry on in the same vein, as you clearly know how to put a good vid together!

I am glad you like this, thanks for your comment. Yes, its has been one year, but then I would say no progress, it is same. So no point to shoot same place again, and it is mess there, very dirty around the river, and do not want to show my city in that way to the other part of world, my videos are popular in NRIs but there are so many out side of India watch my videos.

Keep watch and let your friends know about this channel, I would really appreciate if you can put your comments in You Tube message box, I encourage you all guys, please it will take few minuets.

Thanks

[Suncity]

Nice videos Kaushik.

[Kaushik Parmar]

Originally Posted by Suncity

Nice videos Kaushik.

I am glad you like.

[meetmus2fa]

અમદાવાદ, તા. ૧૮

ઔડા દ્વારા વધુ એક ૪૦૦ ફૂટનો નવો રિંગરોડ બનાવવાનું આયોજન હાથ ધરાયું છે. હાલને તબક્કે અમદાવાદને ફરતે ઔડા દ્વારા અગાઉ વિકસાવવામાં આવેલો ૧૩૨ ફૂટનો રિંગરોડ, ત્યાર બાદ ૨૦૦ ફૂટનો સરદાર પટેલ રિંગરોડ તેમજ નવો અમલમાં મૂકવામાં આવી રહેલો ૩૦૦ ફૂટનો રિંગરોડ બાદ આ વધુ એક નવો રિંગરોડ બનશે.ઔડા દ્વારા શહેર અને ઔડા વિસ્તારને આવરી લેતો જે નવો ડેવલપમેન્ટ પ્લાન બનાવવામાં આવી રહ્યો છે. તેમાં આ મહત્ત્વની દરખાસ્ત શહેરી વિકાસના નિષ્ણાતો દ્વારા આગામી વર્ષોમાં વધનારા ટ્રાફિકને લક્ષમાં લઇને કરવામાં આવી છે. આ નવો સૂચિત ૪૦૦ ફૂટનો રિંગરોડ ઔડા દ્વારા નક્કી કરાયેલા ગ્રોથ સેન્ટરોની બહારની બાજુએથી કે તેની મધ્યમાંથી પસાર થાય તેવી વ્યવસ્થા ગોઠવવામાં આવી રહી છે.નિષ્ણાતોના જણાવ્યા મુજબ ઔડા દ્વારા અગાઉ બનાવવામાં આવેલા ૧૩૨ ફૂટના રોડ ઉપર ટ્રાફિકનું ભારણ સતત વધતું રહ્યું છે. તે પછી બનાવવામાં આવેલા ૨૦૦ ફૂટના સરદાર પટેલ રિંગરોડ ઉપર શહેરની ફરતે આવેલા તમામ વિસ્તારોનો ટ્રાફિક વહેંચાઇ રહ્યો છે. હવે નવો આયોજનમાં લેવામાં આવેલો ૩૦૦ ફૂટનો રિંગરોડ અમદાવાદની ફરતેની અર્બન રિંગ બની રહેશે. જ્યારે ૪૦૦ ફૂટનો સૂચિત રિંગરોડ પ્રાદેશિક રિંગ બની રહેશે.નવો ૪૦૦ ફૂટનો સૂચિત રિંગરોડ ઔડાના ગ્રોથ સેન્ટરો સાણંદ પાસે મણીપુર નજીકથી, કલોલ પાસે શેરથા નજીકથી, મહેમદાવાદ પાસે નાંદેજ નજીકથી, બારેજા પાસે જેતલપુર નજીકથી અને હિંમતનગર તરફ મેદ્રા અને લવારપુર નજીકથી પસાર થશે. જેથી ઉપરોક્ત સૂચિત પ્રાદેશિક રિંગરોડ શહેરમાં નહિ આવવા ઇચ્છુક અને બારોબાર જ એક વિભાગમાંથી બીજા વિભાગમાંં જવા ઇચ્છુક ટ્રાફિક માટેનું વહન સરળ બનાવી દેશે. હાલને તબક્કે મહેસાણા તરફથી આવતા ટ્રાફિકને જો સૌરાષ્ટ્ તરફ જવું હોય તો ૨૦૦ ફૂટના રિંગરોડ ઉપરથી પસાર થવું પડે છે. પરંતુ નવા બનનારા ૪૦૦ ફૂટના રિંગરોડના કારણે મહેસાણા તરફનો ટ્રાફિક કલોલ નજીક શેરથાથી સીધો જ ફંટાઇને મણીપુર તરફ થઇને સાણંદ જઇ શકશે.તેવી જ રીતે સાણંદ તરફથી આવતો સૌરાષ્ટ્રનો ટ્રાફિક સીધો જ જેતલપુર નજીક નીકળી શકશે. જ્યારે દહેગામ તરફથી આવનારા ટ્રાફિકનેે પણ બંને દિશામાં જવા માટેનો સરળતાપૂર્વકનો નવો રસ્તો પ્રાપ્ત થઇ શકશે.

રોડના ઘેરાવામાં કેટલો વિસ્તાર

૧૩૨ ફૂટના રિંગરોડના ઘેરાવામાં શહેરનો લગભગ ૩૦૦ ચોરસ કિલોમીટરકનો વિસ્તાર સમાવિષ્ટ થાય છે. તેવી જ રીતે ૨૦૦ ફૂટના સરદાર પટેલ રિંગરોડની અંદરનો ભાગ લગભગ ૫૫૦ ચોરસ કિલોમીટરનો છેય જયારે ૩૦૦ ફૂટનો જે નવો રિંગરોડ બનશે તેમાં ૮૫૦ ચોરસ કિલોમીટરનો અને ૪૦૦ ફૂટના એટલે કે ૧૨૦ મીટરના રિંગરોડની અંદરના ભાગે ૩ હજાર ચોરસ કિલોમીટરનો વિસ્તાર સમાવિષ્ટ થશે. જોકે નવા બનનારા બે રિંગરોડ સંપૂર્ણ ગોળાકાર નહીં હોય પરંતુ તે અંડાકારના રહેશે.

અમદાવાદનો વિકાસ વર્તુળાકારે થઇ રહ્યો છે

મુંબઇનો વિકાસ એક સીધી પટ્ટીની જેમ થયો છે. જ્યારે અમદાવાદનો વિકાસ વર્તુળાકારે થઇ રહ્યો છે. સીધી પટ્ટીના વિકાસમાં લોકોને લાંબુ અંતર કાપવું પડે છે. જ્યારે સરક્યુુલર રૃટ આકારના રેડિયલ વિકાસમાં લોકો ટૂંકા અંતરે વિકલ્પો પસંદ કરીને પોતાના લક્ષ્યાંક પાસે ઝડપથી પહોંચી શકે છે. જેમાં ટ્રાફિકજામની સ્થિતિને નિવારી શકાય છે. અમદાવાદીઓ માટે સૌપ્રથમ નં.૪૮, ૪૯ની સરકયુલર રૃટની બસો શરૃ થઇ હતી .

http://www.sandesh.com/sandesh_artic...?newsid=214483

[aks_sky]

Just like the Chennai threads where there is Tamil articles haha. Nice, but i doubt auda will do anything. They say it and take forever to do the work.

[GJ10]

Quite bad how long it takes me to read Gujarati... but I think I just about got there in the end

Anyway, this "Outer Ring Rd" has been talked about before as part of the Greater Ahmedabad Metropolitan Region, if you really look closely, its even mentioned in tiny writing on the graphic in post 90!

Anyway, the map Sandesh have is a bit congested, so Ive had a go at plotting the places mentioned, along with marking out the existing SVP Ring Road as well as a few of the other semi-circular (at least) roads in Ahmedabad.



Places with Yellow dots are the planned "Growth Centres", Red dots are where the ORR is due to pass through.

The overlay between Medra and Lavarpur is the GIFT site.