GANDHINAGAR

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A INDIA GUJRAT GUDA GANDHINAGAR

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The city was planned and implemented between 1965-1970 by two Indian planners, H.K. Mewada and P.M.
Apte.
Unlike Chandigarh, designed on barren lands with no sizable existing human settlement near about,
Gandhinagar's site is just 23 km. north of Ahmedabad, a flourishing city.

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• Planned as the administrative capital of the state, the current and future population employed in state
government offices was distributed in 30 residential sectors around the State Assembly-Secretariat complex.
• To establish and maintain a separate identity for the new city, the surrounding area of about 39 villages was
brought under a Periphery Control Act.
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The city was planned for a population of 1,50,000 but can accommodate double that population with
increase in the floor space ratio from 1 to 2 in the areas reserved for private development.
• The city is planned on the western bank of the river Sabarmati.
• Due to a constant military confrontation with Pakistan, whose borders are close from the city, a large
military presence was required here.

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• The land acquired on the eastern bank, adjacent to National Highway no.8, was therefore allotted to the
Border Security force and military cantonment.
• The planners had envisaged 30 additional residential sectors to the northwest that could accommodate a
population of 4,50,000.

A Growth Pattern
The development of city first started near the capital complex which is

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situated in the Centre
Villages around the site developed as the residential nodes with rapid
transit to capitol complex at the Centre.

Connectivity :-

A National highway (NH-8 )

and 8c runs through the

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district connecting it with major cities (20km from city)
,connected with Ahmedabad by the Sarkhej - Gandhinagar
highway (28 km)and with Vadodara by the Ahmedabad-
Vadodara expressway (139 km).
Gandhinagar is connected to Surat , Mumbai , and navi
Mumbai through national highway 8A. It is connected to
Ahmedabad. Jaipur, Udaipur, new Delhi and Chandigarh
through the national highway 8C.