it is the presentation of the urban transportation planning region of the metropolitan city Ahmedabad.

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AHMEDABAD
The metropolitan city……………………………………
Presented by Guided by
Himanshu Pipaliya Prof. Vivek Sonar
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CONTENTS
 INTRODUCTION
 GEOGRAPHY
 HISTORY
 TOURISM AND HERITAGE
 DEMOGRAPHIC & ECONOMIC PROFILE
 URBAN GROWTH &LAND USE
 POLITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
 PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
 CONCLUSION
 REFERENCE
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 The city founded by Sultan Ahmad Shah in 1411 AD, lies on the banks of
the Sabarmati river.
 The historic city of Ahmedabad is amongst the major metropolitan cities in
India. It's a city where history gently rubs its shoulders with modernity.
 The city is the administrative headquarter of Ahmedabad district and is the
judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court is located here.
 With a population of more than 5.8 million and an extended population of
6.3 million, it is the 5th largest city and 7th largest metropolitan area of India.
 With the increasing opportunities for trade and commerce and as a center
for higher education, this heavy growth continues.
..…ahmedabad
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……...…..ahmedabad at a glance
 Year of Establishment - 1411 A.D.
 Commencement of the municipal works by ‘Town wall fund
committee’ - 1834.
 Establishment of Municipality - 1858.
 Establishment of Municipal Corporation - 1950.
 Area of the city - 464.16 sq. km.
 Literacy Rate - 73.38 %,
[78.34 %(Male), 67.72 %(Female)]
 Religion(%) - 84.6 (Hindu),2.9 (Jain),11.4 (Muslim),0.7 (Christian)
 Official Language-Gujarati, Hindi.
 Languages spoken Gujarati, Hindi, English
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 GEOGRAPHY
 The city is situated on the western side of India.
 The city is located in a sandy and dry area. Except for the small hills of
Thaltej Jodhpur Tekra, the entire city is almost flat.
 Since, Ahmedabad lies on the western side in the state of Gujarat, which is
basically a desert area; it experiences extreme type of climate.
 There are 2 main lakes located in the city limits – the Kankaria lake, and the
Vastapur lake.
 Kankaria lake, located in Maninagar, is an artificial lake developed by
Qutb-ud-din Aybak in 1451.
 The Sabarmati bifurcates the city into eastern and western parts,
connected by nine bridges, two of which were constructed after
independence.
 Though the river is perennial, it gets dried up in the summer, leaving only a
small stream of water flowing.
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 Latitude - 22º 58 N
 Longitude - 72º 35EN
 Altitude - 49 Mts. above MSL
SABARMATI RIVER FRONT
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CONNECTIVITY
BY ROAD
 National highways connect cities like Vadodara, Rajkot, Jamnagar and
Mumbai.
 The Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) runs express and
luxury deluxe buses to the neighbouring towns and cities. One can reach
the city by taxi from nearby cities.
BY AIR
 The Ahmedabad Airport is just 10 kms from downtown Ashram Road area.
 It functions for both domestic and international purpose.
 Domestic flights on Air India, Indian Airlines, Jet Airways and Gujarat Airways
are available for Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Pune,
Jaipur and several other destinations inside the country.
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BY RAIL
 Ahmedabad has a well maintained railway network connected to
important destinations of the country.
 Ahmedabad railway station is the largest railway station in the state of
Gujarat.
 Various express and super fast trains are available between Ahmedabad
and important cities of the country.
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 HISTORY
 The history of Ahmedabad stretches as far back as in the 11th
century and linking it self with old towns of Ashaval and Karnavati
about 1000 years ago.
 In the year 1411 AD, Sultan Ahmed Shah built citadel and
encouraged development of trade and commerce.
 In 1456 AD, an enclosing wall was constructed defining a periphery
to the city-limits.
 The city within this wall got structured into wards, organized by 12
main roads each terminating at a gate in the wall.
 In 1487, Mahmud Begada, the grandson of Ahmed Shah, fortified
the city with an outer wall 10 km (6.2 mi) in circumference and
consisting of twelve gates, 189 bastions and over 6,000 battlements.
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Evolution of the city
 With the coming of the railway around 1860, development began
to spill over (beyond the city-limits) towards the northeast and
southeast of the walled city.
 The first textile mill was started in 1861 here by Ranchhodlal
Chhotalal.
 This also resulted in the industrial and residential development
across the western side of Sabarmati River.
 Construction of 5 bridges – Ellis Bridge, Gandhi Bridge, Sardar Patel
Bridge, the Nehru Bridge and the Subhash Bridge accelerated this
development.
 But by and large the industrial development has remained
concentrated on the eastern side and the walled city has
continued to grow in density due to incorporation of fringe areas
into the city limits.
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 The city municipality was given the status of Municipal Corporation in 1950
when the city started growing rapidly eastwards and southwards.
 In the later part of the century, the western part has developed rapidly.
 The city is governed by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC),
established in July 1950.
 Realizing the acute need for a holistic approach to the conservation and
preservation of this valuable heritage resource, Ahmedabad Municipal
Corporation (AMC) with assistance from CRUTA Foundation set up a
heritage cell in 1996.
 Its main objectives are to create basic awareness amongst the citizens,
promote traditional built forms, support participatory action programmes
and to co-ordinate efforts of different disciplines, stakeholders and
authorities.
 It is an advisory board to AMC essentially assisting the Corporation in its
capacity building
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 TOURISM AND HERITAGE
 The heritage resources in Ahmedabad can be looked at following three
distinct levels:
 The entirety of the walled city: ASI has a total of 52 Indo-Islamic monuments
under protection. In addition, there are many Hindu and Jain temples, the
Gaekwad’s Haveli enclave of Maratha period and several other
institutional buildings and bungalows of the Colonial period. At the
moment, these structures are in a state of disrepair except for the few Jain
temples taken care of by the Jain community. The City Wall and its Gates
are equally in dilapidated condition.
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 The pols which comprise it: The grouping of houses into pols is typical of
Gujarat and especially of Ahmedabad
Destruction and de-structuring caused by new buildings, the invasion of
business and traffic point to a worrisome future for the pols.
 The individual houses: The houses of Ahmedabad were traditionally built of
carved wood and brickwork characterized by low, single family units, of
which only some10,000 survive now. The gradual progression of the model
gave way to the transplantation of forms, which were totally foreign to
local traditions. The apartment buildings are of a mediocre quality
heralding a decline in the know-how and technique. Realizing the acute
need for a holistic approach to the conservation and preservation of this
valuable heritage resource, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC)
with assistance from CRUTA Foundation set up a heritage cell in 1996. Its
main objectives are to create basic awareness amongst the citizens,
promote traditional built forms, support participatory action programmes
and to co-ordinate efforts of different disciplines, stakeholders and
authorities.
It is an advisory board to AMC essentially assisting the Corporation in its
capacity building.
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 ECONOMIC PROFILE
 Industrial Aspects:- chemicals, textiles, drugs and pharmaceuticals and
food processing
 Investment and employment:- Textile and Chemical
 21.5% of factories and employs 18% of workers in the state.
 Over14% of the total investments in all stock exchanges in India and 60% of
the total industrial productivity is contributed by the district
 Industries Name:- Adani Group, Reliance Industries, Nirma Group of
Industries, Arvind Mills, Claris Life Sciences, Cadilla Pharmaceuticals, Shell,
Vadilal Industries Ltd., Rasna, BoschRexroth (Germany) ,Stork and Rollepaal
(Netherland)
 Most of The medium large scale industries are presence in the talukas of
ahmedabad
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 Major industries
There are around 422 medium and large scale industries based in
Ahmedabad district with total investment of INR 5,45,988 crore
(US$1,33,167 million) providing employment around 79,904 people
 Small scale industries
 The district has over 23,734 small scale industries generating over
95,591 jobs with total investment of INR 89,356.5 lakhs (US$ 21,794
million)
 Ex. Engineering, textiles, chemical, and paper and paper products
with an investment to the tune of INR 68,220 lakhs
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 DEMOGRAPHIC PROFOLE
Literacy Rate
MALE LITERACY-87.23
FEMALE LITERACY-70.73
• Total population of Gujarat :- 6.03 Crore
• Literacy Rate :- 79.31% (as per 2011 population
census.)
male literacy :- 87.23%
female literacy is at :- 70.73%.
• Urban Population :- 42.6%,
(37.4% in 2001.)
• Rural population :- 57.4% from 62.6% in 2001.
• Ahmedabad is the most populated District in the
State, with 7.20 million people, up 11.94% from 2001,
followed by Surat with 6.07 million people, up 10.07%,
as per Gujarat’s Directorate of census operations.
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POPULATION DENSITY17
 URBAN GROWTH
PHASES OF THE GROWTH OF AHMEDABAD
PHASE 1 PHASE 2
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PHASES OF THE GROWTH OF AHMEDABAD
PHASE 3 PHASE 4
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COMPARISON OF GROWTH BETWEEN AHMEDABAD , BANGLORE AND HYDERABAD21
 POLITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
AHMEDABAD URBAN AGGLOMERATION (AUA)
The Greater Ahmedabad Urban agglomeration is an amalgam
covering an area of about 4200 sq. Km is an amalgam of
1. An area of 190 square kilometres is under the jurisdiction of
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC)
2. 150 villages in the periphery of the city are under the jurisdiction of
Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA),
3. 9 Municipalities in the periphery of the city are under the jurisdiction
of Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA),
4. Gandhinagar and the surrounding villages,
5. Chatral, Bopal and other surrounding villages adjoining AUDA limits.
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Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA)
 AUDA was constituted under the Gujarat Town Planning and Urban
Development Act, 1976 in 1978 to regulate and monitor the development in the
periphery of the Corporation limits and the adjoining 300 villages and 9
municipalities.
 Function of the authority :- Preparation of the development plan,
Town planning schemes,
regulate the development,
collect the development charges in area of
jurisdiction
 In addition to the area falling under AMC’s limit, it also include 107 settlements
around it, 4 towns , 103 villages of Ahmedabad district. The expansion of AUDA
comes of 1,29,465 hectares (1,29,465 sq km) area which include Ahmedabad
city (municipal corporation) of 44900 hectares.
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Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC)
Ahmedabad municipal Corporation (AMC) was established in year 1950
The 190.84 sq km area within the AMC limits consists of :
 The traditional city center within the fort walls with relatively high-density
development, large concentration of commercial activities and narrow
streets,
 The eastern sector accommodating large and small industries and low
income residential areas
 A well planned western sector with wide roads accommodating major
institutions and high-income residential areas.
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 LANDUSE
 Spatial arrangements of land uses determine the
population distribution and infrastructure demand
patterns in the city.
 This section briefly describes the land use patterns in the
city.
 The Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA)
is responsible for land use planning within its jurisdictional
limits.
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LAND USE IN AUDA AREA
 Total AUDA area:-1294.65 sq. km
 Nearly 50 percent is built up.
 Water bodies cover 12 percent and watershade
cover 17 percent of area. Industries cover 9
percent of the area.
 As per the State Government Policy, no major
industrial development within 24 kms of AMC limit
is permitted in AUDA area. Considering existing
development conditions a certain area for
industrial use is designated for light industry as
well as for general industry, along with existing
industries at Vatwa, Naroda and Odhav (all lying
within AMC), which forms nearly 10.38 percent.
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LAND USE IN CITY AREA
As per existing land use (1997), more than one third (36%) of the total area is under
residential use, followed by 15 percent of the area under the industries. Large
tracts of land (23.44%) lying vacant, mostly in the newly acquired area of the
AMC. Only 9.5 percent of the total area is under transportation network as against
the norm of 15-18 per cent. as specified by UDPFI norms.
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VARIOUS AMENDMENTS IN PROPOSED LAND USE PLAN
 There will be separate local area plans for central business district
(CBD), affordable housing zone, and transit-oriented development
zone.
 The development plan has also moved 134 hectares in Nana
Chiloda from general agriculture zone to residential zone-2. This is to
facilitate housing under Gujarat Rural Housing Development Board.
 In Kathwada, keeping in the mind the expanding Kathwada-GIDC
limits, the Auda has transferred 324 hectares from agriculture zone
to industrial zone.
 In Shela, the Auda has earmarked space for a sewage treatment
plant near Enasani village.
 In Kamodh village a total of 8.54 hectares has been reserved for a
waste-pumping site and 27 hectares for a sewage treatment plant.
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 PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORT
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Traffic Characteristics
 Infrastructure - Circular and concentrated around walled city/CBD by five
ring and seventeen radial roads.
 Movement - West To East in the Morning and East to West in the Evenings.
 Major transport terminals (Railway stations, Airport) are situated on radial
roads.
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ROADS
 The city transportation system is predominantly dependent on roadway
systems
 The greater Ahmedabad area roadway system is approximately 3478 Kms.
 Other than the NHAI
AMC and AUDA, are responsible for developing, operating and
maintaining road infrastructure
Distribution of Roads by Width (No. of lanes)
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CG ROAD
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TRAFFIC VOLUME
Traffic Volume (PCUs)
(9.30-10.30 a.m. and 5.30-6.30 p.m.)
Derived From: Interim Report on ‘Traffic
Management Plan for Ahmedabad’,
School of Planning, CEPT University: 2001,
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BRIDGES
Bridges across River Sabarmati
Nehru Bridge
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Existing/Proposed Flyovers in AMC39
Accident Rate in Ahmedabad
Derived From:
Safe Traffic Advocacy Cell,
School of Planning,
CEPT University,
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AHMEDABAD BRTS
• It is oprerated by Ahmedabad
Janmarg Limited, a subsidiary
of AMC.
• It is designed by CEPT University
Started on October 14, 2009
• System length -
66 KM ( Operational)
+ 22 KM (Underconstruction)
• Number of lines - 7
• Number of stations - 92
• Daily ridership - 130000+
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AHMEDABAD BRTS
 Dedicated central lanes
the interference from the traffic was minimised
 Location of Bus stops
about 400 metres beyond crossroads so queues of buses do not create jams
 increased bus frequencies
reduced the waiting period to 2 minutes during peak hours and 8-10 minutes
during off-peak hours.
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AHMEDABAD BRTS ROUTE MAP45
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PARKING
 On-street parking
reduces the effective carriage way of roads
observed along the major corridors, in the old city area and the public parking
places near the ST Bus stand, commercial centres.
 Parking places are highly inadequate for the high vehicular population in
the city
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VEHICLES
Composition of Vehicles in Ahmedabad
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CONCLUSION
 Ahmedabad's traditional socio- economic set up was the most
important asset in its growth.
 City governments have proven their efficiency in delivering services.
 Business skills and enthusiasm of migrant Gujaratis account for
image of city for investors.
 New developments and expansion along with the old planning is a
challenge.
 Ahmedabad is one of the best city to live in India.
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Refrence
 http://www.ahmedabadonline.in
 Ahmedabad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 CITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN AHMEDABAD 2006-2012
 ‘Traffic Management Plan for Ahmedabad’, School of Planning, CEPT
University
 MORTH, Gujarat
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