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main feature futurarc interview futurarc showcase projects people commentary happenings books product advertorials INDIA Government Officer’s Housing Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Memorial Future Development Pumping Station Riverfront East Driveway Police Stadium Riverfront Park, Shahibaug Shahpur Sports Park Cantonment Area Proposed Park Narayan Ghat Future Development Dudheshwar Water Works Future Development 1 Gandhi Ashram Ashram Road Proposed Metro Bridge Torrent Power Plant Future Development Subhash Bridge Dadhichi Rushi Bridge Lower Promenade Riverfront Park, Usmanpura Railway Bridge Dandi Bridge Upper Promenade Gandhi Bridge Sardar Patel Stadium 60 FUTURARC
Future Development Exhibition Centre Sewage Treatment Plant Riverfront Park, Khanpur Tilak Baug Riverfront Market Future Development Laundry Campus Future Development Future Development Pumping Station Proposed Pirana Sports Ground Nehru Bridge V. S. Hospital Sanskar Kendra Sardar Bridge Vasna Barrage Boating Station B. J. Park Proposed Pedestrian Bridge Events Ground Zip-Lining Facility Proposed Neighbourhood Park Pumping Station Riverfront West Driveaway Ellis Bridge Flower Garden Tagore Hall Proposed Paldi Sports Complex Dr Ambedkar Bridge Paldi Urban Forest The Sabarmati Riverfront Development by Anshuman Roy On 15 th August 2012, the 66 th Independence Day of the Republic of India, the Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, was declared open amidst great celebration. The ceremony was presided over by the prime minister of India (then chief minister of Gujarat) Shri. Narendra Modi. As a project that had been confined to the blueprints of architects and planners for decades, the revitalisation of the riverfront would represent a major achievement for the state of Gujarat. Over the years, the Sabarmati riverfront had been plagued by the flow of untreated sewage through its waters, the indiscriminate pumping of industrial waste and unmitigated slum proliferation. The river was rendered inaccessible and saturated, prone to frequent flooding, with no infrastructure in place to tackle the problem. Though a number of proposals over the years sought to revitalise the ailing riverfront precinct, it was only in 1997 that the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) formed the Sabarmati Riverfront Development Corporation Ltd (SRFDCL) for the express redevelopment of a waterfront stretch of over 11 kilometres, a designated priority project funded by the government of India. The Sabarmati Riverfront Development (SRFD) project, estimated to cost US$190 million, overcame numerous roadblocks on its journey to fruition, in large part due to concerns regarding water levels and flooding. Opposition from activists involved with slum rehabilitation was another issue that made a number of headlines during the initial phases of this project. At the master planning stage, this was therefore a matter that merited urgent redressal. To accommodate the affected sections in the overall proposal, provisions were made not just for housing and rehabilitation, but also for a reorganisation of the existing informal markets and laundry facilities for the washing community, therein opening up new opportunities along the river for the displaced populace. The pre-construction stages of the project also involved detailed hydrological surveys and feasibility studies, which would all directly influence the strategising, massing and spatial organisation of the design. 1 Master plan FUTURARC 61
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