LOCATION

AHEMDABAD: Ahmedabad is the largest city and former capital of the SITE: is located near riverfront between Ambedkar Bridge and Vasna Barrage, Ahmedabad.
Indian state of Gujarat. Population of Ahmedabad in 2020 according to Site Area is about 105373 sq.m.(26 Acres).
INDIA estimates is 8.6444 Million. Ahmedabad is located on the banks of the Existing it is flat barren land with lot of shrubs and trees on the northern side, with neglecting level of contours.
Sabarmati River, 23 km from the state capital Gandhinagar. Ahmedabad In the southern side we have housing, Sabarmati river is flowing in northern side. Talking about east we have green
lies in western India at 53 meters (174 ft.) above sea level on the banks of land and on west we have biodiversity park.
the Sabarmati river, in north-central Gujarat. It covers an area of 464 Views from site are:
sq.km. According to the Bureau of Indian Standards, the town falls under • Vasna Barrage
seismic zone 3, in a scale of 2 to 5 (in order of increasing vulnerability to • Dr. Ambedkar Bridge
earthquakes). • Riverfront Promenade
SABARMATI RIVERFRONT: Sabarmati river has been an integral part
in the life of Ahmedabad since the time the city was founded in 1411 along ACCESSIBILITY:
GUJARAT the river banks. Besides being an important source of water, it provided a
backdrop to cultural and recreational activities. Gradually, however, the 8.3 KM
intensive uses took their toll on the river. Untreated sewage flowed into the
river through storm water outfalls and dumping of industrial waste posed a
major health and environmental hazard. The river bank settlements were 16.4 KM
disastrously prone to floods and lacked basic infrastructure facilities.
Lackluster development took shape along the riverfront. Such conditions 1 KM
made the river inaccessible and it became a virtual divide between the two
parts of the city. The Riverfront project presents a great opportunity to
4 KM SABARMATI RIVER
create a public edge to the river on the eastern and western sides of
Ahmedabad. By channeling the river to a constant width of 263m, riverbed
land has been reclaimed to create 11.25 kms of public riverfront on both
the banks. The total land reclamation is 202.79 hectares.

CLIMATE: Ahmedabad has a hot, semi-arid climate, with marginally less rain than required for a
tropical savanna climate. There are three main seasons: summer, monsoon and winter. Aside from the
monsoon season, the climate is extremely dry.
 Summer Season
 Max. Temperature: 43°C
 Min. Temperature: 24°C
 Winter Season
 Max. Temperature: 30 °C
SITE  Min. Temperature: 13 °C
 Annual Rainfall: 93.2 cm
 Humidity: 55%
 In Northern East
side of site, Group
Housing is located.
This housing lies in the This housing have 7
northern west of site. floors. This housing
This is a group housing In northern side of the site there has 4 towers.
are housings of height not more Housing
of three floors.
than two floors. These are the
semi-detached housings.

Abjibapa Marg is the approaching road to the site which

is 6m wide.
Housing
This road joins with Chitrakar Vasudev Pandya Marg Bio-Diversity Park is located in East side of
which is also 6m wide which is connected with 36m wide site. It is proposed in 2016 and now under
Ring Road. This ring road connects with the Ambedkar construction. It houses many different species
Bridge from which Meditation Centre can be seen. and more than 15,000 trees of more than 80
types are planted in this park. It aims to save
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the endangered species of flora and fauna.

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Vasna Water Treatment Soil Type: Loamy

Plant is located in Topography: Plain
southern west side of site. LVL. ±00 Sabarmati Riverfront Walkway
Water is treated and then
Sabarmati Riverfront
supplied through canal
for irrigation purpose.
t Wa lk way
Near VWTP there is
ti Ri ve rf ron
Vasna Barrage which is a
LVL. -3m Sabarma
Dam built on Sabarmati
River to control water Greenland
Vasna Water flow of the River. LVL. -6m
Treatment Plant
Sabarmati River

VEGETATION:
SWOT ANALYSIS:  Tamarindus Indica
 Adina Cordifolia
Vasna Barrage  Dalbergia Latifolia
 Albizia Lebbeck
STRENGTH: WEAKNESS: OPPORTUNITY: THREAT:  Anogeissus Latifolia
 Terminalia Bellerica
 LOCATED NEAR SABARMATI  ACCESSIBILITY IS LESS.  PROMOTES MEDITATION  AS THE CITY COMES  Acacia Nilotica
TRANSIT SYSTEM IS UNDER SEISMIC  Annona Squamosa
RIVERFRONT. TOURISM WHICH IS  Azadirachta Indica
 NEAR BIO-DIVERSITY PARK VERY FAR FROM THE GOOD FOR INDIAN ZONE 3 SO THERE  Mimusops Elengi
WHICH PROVIDE QUITENESS SITE WHICH CAN TOURISM. ARE MORE  Pongamia Pinnata
AND COMFORTABLE AFFECT THE  EMPLOYEMENT CHANCES OF  Ficus Religiosa
ENVIRONMENT. ACCESSIBILITY TO GENERATION OF EARTHQUAKES.  Prosopis Cineraria
SITE.  Arecaceae
 VIEWING POINTS FROM NATURAL THERAPISTS  Sesbania Bispinosa
BRIDGES AND RIVERFRONT. AND DOCTORS  Acalypha Indica