Open air market spread in 32,000 sq mt between Ellisbridge and Sardar bridge would operate on weekdays, like the

Delhi Haat. Shopping for antique pieces and second-hand books from Ravivari is all set to be an organised experience. No more vehicular traffic jams on the main road or overflowing drainage lines and sufferings of elbow-hits from fellow shoppers, owing to congested lanes of Ravivari bazaar. Sometime soon, on reaching Ravivari Bazaar, you would get designated parking space and browse through specially designed areas for vendors to find your antique pieces, second-hand books or furniture! Your shopping experience is sure to double when you learn that, the new open shopping plaza at Ravivari would have the city's heritage, Fort Wall as a back drop and be situated just behind landmark, Gaikwad Haveli. Finally, after much furore of uprooting hundreds of vendors who survived on the Ravivari bazaar, also known as Ravivari or Gujari Bazaar, which was traditionally operational on the riverbed near Ellisbridge, has got a new home, not far from its traditional area, on the Sabarmati riverbed. The Sabarmati Riverfront Development Corporation Limited (SRFDCL) has decided to house Ravivari in a plot spread across 32,000 square metres behind Gaikwad Haveli, between Ellisbridge and Sardar bridge. "The new Ravivari market would spread across a wider area than it currently has. Currently, denizens can shop from Ravivari, an informal market, only once a week. But the specially designated area would have provisions to run the informal market throughout the week. Against the popular notion, that SRFDCL would uproot hundreds of vendors and snatch away their bread and butter, we would provide a bigger area to accommodate more number of vendors than its current capacity," director of SRFDCL and MP, Surendra Patel told DNA. Importantly, SRFDCL has kept provisions of allotting around 16,500 square metres of space to park atleast 3,000 two-wheelers on either sides of the market. The open market would also have drinking water facility, wash rooms, information kiosks and comfortable seating. The market has been designed to be used as a multi-purpose space, accommodating vendors on Sunday and seasonal markets and other kinds of organised vending facilities on a day-to-day basis. The open air market will also have trade fair facilities, separate service lane to avoid congestion and a clear demarcated pedestrian space. The market located near the Fort Wall will also give access to lower promenades, with stairs down to the Sabarmati River.