ANUTOSH BAJPAI

AYUSH CHAUHAN
PARTH SAXENA
Ahmedabad SHASHANK SHEKHAR PANDEY
AMAN CHAUHAN
ABDUL KARIM
 Area 466 Sq. km
AHMEDABAD CITY PROFILE No. of Zones 6 Zones
No. of Wards 64
 Seventh largest city in India
 Second biggest trade centre of Western India
 Commercial Capital & Growth Engine of Gujarat State
 3rd fastest growing city as per the Forbes magazine
 Introduction: Ahmedabad
 Ahmedabad district is located in the central Gujarat
 The district headquarter, Ahmedabad is the largest city in Gujarat and
seventh largest urban agglomeration in India
 Ahmedabad is spread across ten talukas - Barwala, Daskroi, Dholka,
Dhandhuka, Detroj, Sanand, Bavla, Ranpur, Mandal and Viramgam
 Ahmedabad is an industrial hub for textiles and is popularly known as
the ‘Manchester of India’
 Due to the presence of several educational institutions of the State,
Ahmedabad – Gandhinagar corridor has emerged as an innovative
technological and R&D hub
 Ahmedabad is developing excellent urban infrastructure for services
economy which is largely an urban phenomenon
 Key raw materials such as castor, cotton, cumin, fennel, isabgul, potato,
are abundantly available
 FOCUS SECTORS
• Textiles and Apparel cluster including chemicals & dyes
• Drugs and Pharmaceuticals
• Agro and Food Processing
• Automobiles, Engineering, and Electronics District Headquarter
• Biotechnology
Talukas
• Information Technology
• Tourism
 Fact File
71.6º to 72.9º East (Longitude )
Geographical location
20.0º to 23.4º North (Latitude)
45º Centigrade (Maximum)
Temperature
9º Centigrade (Minimum)
Average rainfall 1,017 mm
9 (Sabarmati, Khari, Meshvo, Bhogavo, Omkar, Bhadar, Nalika, Uttavali, Rodh)
Rivers

Area 8,086.81 sq. km

District headquarter Ahmedabad
Talukas 10
Population 5.8 Million (As per 2001 Census)
Population density 719 Persons per sq. km
Sex ratio 892 Females per 1000 Males
Languages Gujarati, Hindi and English
Literacy rate 79.5%
Seismic zone Zone III
Transport and connectivity
 Road and Port Connectivity
Road Map 10: Connectivity network of Ahmedabad
 National Highway 8 passes through the district
connecting it to major industrial centres, which
includes Gandhinagar (28 km), Vadodara, Bharuch (182
km), Surat (278 km), Anand (73 km), Navsari (301 km)
and Mumbai ( 516 km)
 As a part of Golden Quadrilateral, the 95 km
Ahmedabad- Vadodara Express way connects the two
districts. It reduces the travel time by 2.5 hrs
 Ahmedabad is also connected to Jamnagar (313 km),
Rajkot (225 km), Ankleshwar (195 km), Vapi (345 km)
and Mehsana (74 km)
 Distance with major Indian states: Delhi (815 km),
Hyderabad (1,033 km), Kolkata (1,863 km), Chennai
(1,580 km)
Port

The nearest port to the district is Dholera

Rail and Airport Connectivity
Rail

 A broad gauge rail line of 111 km is present in the district. Total length of metre gauge rail line is 245 km
 In total, there are 60 railway stations in Ahmedabad district
 Ahmedabad is directly connected by rail to several cities of India which includes Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai,
Trivandrum and Varanasi
Map 11: Air Connectivity of Ahmedabad
Jaipur
Delhi
Air

 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport present in

Kolkata
Ahmedabad is well connected with the rest of the country and several
international destinations Ahmedabad

 The airport is well connected to domestic destinations such as Delhi,

Hyderabad
Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Goa, Coimbatore, Jaipur
Mumbai
and Kolkata Bangalore
 The airport is also connected with USA, Europe, and Middle East Chennai
Goa
cities such as Sharjah, Kuwait, Muscat, Singapore, and KualaLampur Coimbatore
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Social Infrastructure
Education
Highest Literacy Rate of 79.5% in Gujarat
Presence of India’s leading institutes in Ahmedabad

 Indian Institute of Management (IIM)

 National Institute of Design (NID)
 Nirma Education and Research Foundation (NERF)
 National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)
 Indian Institute of Packaging
 Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA)
 Centre for Environment Planning & Technology (CEPT)
 Gujarat National Law University (GNLU)
 Applications Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
 Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) training centers

10 management colleges with 1,265 seats ; 9 MCA colleges with 450 seats

45 ITIs offering industrial training programs with over 3,500 seats and 7 polytechnic colleges with over 2,000 seats

74 colleges including engineering, medical, arts, science and law colleges

Proposal to set up Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)

Health
 The district has 43 primary healthcare centres, 9 community
healthcare centres, 18 Government, 8 municipal and 6
government aided hospitals

 Ahmedabad hosts some of the best private hospitals in the

State such as Apollo Hospital, Sterling Hospital, Krishna
Heart Centre and Gujarat Cancer Society which have the
facility and the expertise to provide the best health services

 Apollo hospital in Ahmedabad specialises in cardiology, Sterling Hospital

orthopaedics, urology, oncology, nephrology,

gastroenterology and has the largest Dialysis Unit with in-
house Reverse Osmosis Plant

 Sterling is a multi-superspecialty corporate hospital

situated in Ahmedabad. With a networth of over
INR 100 crores (USD 23.8 million), Sterling has Apollo Hospital
state of the art infrastructure to provide high
Source: District Profile Booklet
quality services across a range of specialties
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Tourism
Tourism
 The district is home to one of the famous World Heritage Site, the

Adalaj Vav (Stepwell). The steps descend five stories, passing beams,
columns and brackets that are elaborately carved with geometric, floral and animal

designs
Adalaj Stepwell
 The Calico museum in Ahmedabad is one of the best textile museums

in the world, comprising marvelous and well-labeled collection of textile, aircrafts,

designs and technology

 Science City, located off Sarkhej-Gandhinagar Highway promotes

science education through hands on learning in the Hall of Science and Gandhi Ashram

also has an Energy Park that promotes renewed energy sources

 The lake in Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary in the district is a freshwater body,

having rich biodiversity of wide variety of fishes, various

vegetation, algae, medicinal plants and over 250,000 birds
Source: Gujarat India Guide
Shaking Minarets
Tourism
 Sarkhej Roza is a mosque, tomb and royal complex that witnesses a

blend of Hindu and Islamic designing

 Ahmedabad being the centre of Gujarati cultural activities and diversed

traditions of different ethnic and religious communities, it is leveraging its

Kite Festival
traditional fairs and festivals through a focused strategy of Event-Based

Tourism

 Popular celebrations and observances include Uttarayan - Kite

festival and Navratri with people performing Garba - folk dance of Gujarat at

venues across the district Garba: Folk dance

 Parts of Ahmedabad are known for their specialty of folk art such as embroidery

work, Moiri foot wear, mirror and high quality idols of Ganesha

 Other tourist spots in the district are pairs of Shaking Minarets, Gandhi

Ashram, Swaminarayan Temple, and City Museum

Swaminarayan Temple
Economy and Industry Profile
Economy and Industry Profile
 Ahmedabad is an industrial base for sectors such as chemicals, textiles, drugs and pharmaceuticals and
agro and food processing industries
 Textile and Chemicals have been the major sectors of investment and employment in the district,
since 1980
 Ahmedabad district accounts for 21.5% of factories and employs 18% of workers in the state. Over
14% of the total investments in all stock exchanges in India and 60% of the total industrial
productivity is contributed by the district
 Several business conglomerates such as Adani Group, Reliance Industries, Nirma Group of Industries,
Arvind Mills, Claris Life Sciences, Cadilla Pharmaceuticals, Shell, Vadilal Industries Ltd., Rasna, Bosch
Rexroth (Germany) ,Stork and Rollepaal (Netherland) are present in the district

 Presence of Ahmedabad Textile Industry’s Research Association (ATIRA), the largest association
for textile research and allied industries in India, has helped the district in becoming a thriving textile
centre
 Most of the medium and large scale industries are concentrated in talukas such as Ahmedabad city,
Sanand, Viramgam, Daskroi and Dholka
 Agriculture
 Major crops being produced in the district are Fig 1: Food and Non food crop area and production
(2006-07)
cucurbits, cabbage, cumin, citrus and cotton
 In 2006-07, Ahmedabad had the highest production

Total Area (in Hec)

Total Production
3000 5000
4362 4000
of cucurbits in the district amounting to 31,996 Metric

(in MT)
2000 2211 3000
1000
2586 247 234 2000
365 1748 1000
Tonnes (MT) 0
256
0

 Total production of cotton in Ahmedabad was Cereals Pulses Cotton Oil Seeds
Area (in Hec) Production (in MT)
2,21,100 Bales (in 2006-07), which is almost 33% of
the State’s total production
Fig 2: Total area and production of food crops
Fig 3: Production of food crops (in MT) (2006-07)
(2006-07)
To tal Pro d uct io n (in MT )

40000 25000 160000

T o tal Pro du ct io n ( in MT)

146841
30000 20000
23231 120000

A rea ( in H ec)
20000 31996 15000
80000
18365
10000 15255 10000 63930
12116 11180
40000
0 5000 6338
16067
Ber Cucurbits Cabbage Cumin 0 0
Fruits Vegetables Spices
Production
Area (in Hec) Production (in MT)
Source: Department of Agriculture, 2006-07
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

 Some of the major medium and large scale players present in Ahmedabad are mentioned in Tables.
Table 1& 2: Medium and Large Scale Players in Ahmedabad*

Name of company Taluka Products Name of company Taluka Products

Drugs and Meghmani Industries Ltd. Sanand Chemicals
Cadila Healthcare Ltd. Sanand
pharmaceuticals Medical and surgical
Core Healthcare Ltd. Viramgam
Nova Petrochemicals Ltd. Sanand Textiles appliances

Reliance Industries Ltd. Ahmedabad Textiles Mardia Steel Ltd. Daskroi Ingots of high carbon
steel
Nirma Ltd. Sanand Fertilisers
Dishman Pharmaceuticals Sanand Chemicals
Suzlon Fibres Ltd. Sanand Textiles and Chemicals Ltd.

Vadilal Industries Ltd. Ahmedabad Ice cream Intas Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Sanand Drugs and
pharmaceuticals
Hindustan Gum and Concord Biotech Ltd. Dholka Drugs
Viramgam Glue and gelatin
Chemicals Ltd.
Ashima Denims Ahmedabad Textiles
Metallurgical
Harsha Engineers Pvt. Ltd. Sanand Metallurgical
industries AIA Engineering Pvt. Ltd. Ahmedabad
industries
The Arvind Mills Ltd. Ahmedabad Textiles
Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Ahmedabad Pharmaceuticals
Ready to eat snacks
Mcfills Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. Sanand
food
Johnson Pump (India) Ltd. Ahmedabad Industrial machinery
Chiripal Industries Ltd. Ahmedabad Textiles
* Indicative List
Source: Industries Commissionerate, Government of Gujarat, 2007
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Industrial Locations / Infrastructure

Industrial Locations / Infrastructure
11 Special Economic Zones
Special Economic Zones
Ahmedabad Apparel Park
12 Industrial Estates
Pharmez Industrial Estates

Million Minds SEZ Sanand

Phaez Vani
City Gold Realties Pvt. Ltd. Zone ‘D’
Adani Township & Real Estates Co. Pvt. Ltd. Dhandhuka
rd
3 Eye Voice SEZ Viramgam
Dholera SEZ Dholka
Dishman Pharma SEZ
Kerala
Dishman Engi SEZ
Kathwada
Jindal worldwide Ltd.
Ahmedabad Odhav

10 Industrial Parks Naroda

Industrial Parks / Developers Vatwa

M/s G.N.F.C. Ltd. Apparel Park (Ambica Mill)

M/s Ganesh Housing Co. Ltd.
M/s Gujarat Pharma Techno Park
M/s Shree Rang Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd.
M/s Gujarat (Bhal) Construction Ltd.
M/s Soham Integrated Textile Park, Amdavad Pvt. Ltd.
M/s Devraj Infrastructure Ltd.
M/s Jayni Project Ltd.
M/s Sanblue Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd.
M/s Pradip Overseas Ltd.
Existing plan of
Ahmedabad 2002
Proposed
plan 2021
SOCIO-ECONOMIC REVIEW 2018-19
• Ahmedabad: The Gross State Domestic product (GSDP) at constant-price this year 2018-19 grew by 9.2% against the year
2017-18. The GSDP was estimated to be 11,90,121 crores in 2018-19 as against 10,89,811 crore in 2017-18.
• The socio economic review for the year 2019-20 states that the GSDP at current prices in year 2018-19 increased by 13.1%
at Rs 15,01,944 crores as against13,28,068 crores in 2017-18.
• The review points that the per capita income at current prices has been at Rs 1,97,447 in the year 2018-19 as against
revised per capita income estimated of Rs 1,73,079 in the year 2017-18. The socio-economic review states that the per
capita income of Gujarat is 56.06% higher than the country’s per capita income of Rs 1,26,521.
• The socio-economic review stated that according to the second advance estimates, production of food grains during the
year 2019-20 is estimated to be 80.7 lakh tonnes compared to 68 lakh tonnes during the year 2018-19. The production of
oil seeds is pegged at 54.2 lakh tonnes in 2019-2020 as against 37.3 lakh tonnes in 2018-19.
• The production of groundnut is estimated at 32,61,000 tonnes during the year 2019-20 against 22,03,000 tonnes in 2018-
19. Also, during the year 2019-20 the production of cotton bales (each of 170kg) is estimated at 87.1 lakh bales against
production of 62.8 lakh bales during the year 2018-19.
• The socio-economic review states that the during the year 2019-20 the state’s export stands at 20.8% with the state
ranked second-highest contributor in India’s total exports. According to the Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT)
Gujarat’s exports were of US $38.14 billion in the year 2019-20 (April-October) as against US $ 67.41 billion in year 2018-
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ARCHITECTURE OF GOVERNANCE
• The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is
headed by a Municipal commissioner, appointed by the
government of Gujarat. He is the administrative head. The city
is at present divided into six zones namely, central, east, west,
north, south and new west zone. Each zone is further split into
nine wards. There are 64 wards. Each ward is represented by 3
Corporators. An election is held to elect Corporators to after
every 5 years. The mayor heads the party with the largest
number of Corporators elected.
• The AMC is responsible for certain obligatory and
discretionary services such as supply of portable water,
sewerage, solid waste management, primary education
services, health and medical services, street lighting,
construction or acquisition of public markets, slaughter
houses, and cattle pounds, fire services etc. AMC has 58 city
centers across the city to facilitate delivery of municipal
services to its citizen.
• The Water Operation (electrical and mechanical)
• Department looks after operation and maintenance of different
water distribution stations and borewell located in different wards of
the city. The main functions of the department are: water supply to the
citizen, operation and maintenance (O&M) of water distribution
stations, O&M of borewells, SITC work of electrical & mechanical
equipments for new water distribution stations constructed by the
water project department, construction of new bore wells,
augmentation & energy efficiency works related to water distribution
stations & bore wells, energy audit.
• The Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA) is responsible
for overseeing and sanctioning construction and infrastructure
development across the suburbs of the city of Ahmadabad. The prime
objective of the AUDA's formation was to carry out the planned
development of the area failing outside the periphery of Ahmedabad
Municipal Corporation. Recently the area of working of AUDA has been
limited due to merger of 18 Gram Panchanyats of Ahmedabad district
with the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. AUDA completed many
works in the metro region of Ahmedabad. The development authority
is coming up with a state-of-the-art office on Ashram Road,
Ahmadabad.`
Urban Governance in the
Ahmedabad context
• City Governance at Ahmedabad (AMC) has taken a
number of unique and path breaking initiatives in
all key areas of urban governance
• Large number of initiatives are already successfully
implemented with encouraging results. Further
initiatives are in the process.
• Many initiatives include private sector participation
through relatively complex bidding, concession and risk
sharing arrangements.
•Overall, initiatives have led to higher level of services to citizens,
with far reaching economic,
environmental and quality of life implications
•Reach of services to Urban Poor focused in the areas of Education,
Health, Sanitation, Water Supply
& Roads
 Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC)
• Ahmedabad municipal Corporation (AMC) was established AHMEDABAD URBAN
in year 1950 and AGGLOMERATION (AUA)
• this department manages all the administration and the The Greater Ahmedabad Urban agglomeration is an
amalgam covering an
• construction works
area of about 4200 sq. Km is an amalgam of (Refer Map-2-
• for the city of Ahmedabad. 1).
• The 190.84 sq km area within the AMC limits consists of: The map
reveals:
1. The traditional city center within the fort walls with relatively 1.An area of 190 square kilometers is under the
highdensity jurisdiction of Ahmedabad
• development, large concentration of commercial activities Municipal Corporation (AMC), and
and narrow streets, 2.150 villages in the periphery of the city are
2. The eastern sector accommodating large and small industries under the jurisdiction of
and low Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA),
3.9 Municipalities in the periphery of the city are
• income residential areas, and under the jurisdiction of
3. A well planned western sector with wide roads Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA),
accommodating major 4. Gandhinagar and the surrounding villages,
• institutions and high-income residential areas. 5.Chatral, Bopal and other surrounding villages adjoining
AUDA limits .
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.
• The major function of the authority is to undertake the
preparation
of the
development plan, Town planning schemes, regulate the
development and
collect the development charges in the area of its 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 129465 hectares (129465 sq km)
area which
include Ahmedabad city (municipal corporation) of 44900
hectares.
 GOVERNMENT ACTS AND
POLICIES FOR TOWN PLANNING
GROWTH AND PLANNING OVER THE YEARS
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS FOR
THE CITY
FIRST TIER PLANNING PROCESS DEVELOPMENT PLAN
SECOND REVISED DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021
• Objectives and Strategies Accommodate and Ensure Harmonious Direct Growth
Development Enhance Provide social Accessibility Amenities (Prepare IMP)
Improve and Protect the Protect Vulnerable Environment Promote Economic
Protect Heritage Development Assets.
• Development Plan Procedure • Data collection and Survey
• Studies and analysis • Policy Formation
• Draft Development Plan preparation ( 3 years)
• Two or more times of Public Participation
• Submission of Development Plan for Sanction
• Sanction of Development Plan by State Government
• Implementation of Development Plan
Participatory Planning Process Participatory
Planning involves:
• Key Govt Dept involve in Planning Process UD & UHD- GoG, AUDA,
AMC
• State Govt. Departments BISAG, GIDB, State RTO, R & B Dept, Health
Dept., IndExtB, GIDC, GWSSB, SSNL, GSDMA, Statistical Bureau, GPCB,
Institute of Engineers, GCCI, Irrigation Dept.
• Central Govt. Departments Census of India, Survey of India, ISRO,
Central Ground Water Board, UDD GOI, NRSA, Dept of Railway, DFC,
AAI, NHAI
• Educational and Research Institutes IIM, CEPT, Nirma, ATIRA, PRL,
Mudra, NGOs
SECOND TIER PLANNING PROCESSTOWN
PLANNING SCHEME
Town Planning Scheme (Criteria & Contents)Town
Planning Scheme may be prepared for any land which
is ---
• in the course of development
• likely to be used for residential or commercial or
industrial or for building purposes
• already built uponContents of Town Planning Scheme•
laying out or relaying out of land
• lay-out of new streets or roads, bridges and
underpass• reservation of land for roads, open spaces,
gardens, recreation grounds, schools, markets, green-
belts, dairies, transport facilities, public purposes of all
kinds
• Laying of Water Supply, Drainage and Lighting
• preservation of historical or national interest or natural
beauty, and of buildings actually used for religious
purposes ;
 TOWN PLANNING SCHEME PROCEDURE
DRAFT TOWN PLANNING SCHEME
• Two times Public Participation
• Submission of Draft Town Planning Scheme Sanction of Draft Town Planning
Scheme by State Govt.
• Appointment of Town Planning Officer
• Split the Scheme into Preliminary and Final Scheme Preliminary Scheme
(Contains Physical Planning)
• Personal Hearing to every individual land owners / affected persons
• Final Decisions by the Town Planning Officers in terms of Physical Planning
• Submission of the Preliminary Scheme to the State Govt. Final Scheme (Contains
Fiscal Planning).
• Submission of the Preliminary Scheme to the State Govt. Implementation of
Town Planning Scheme (3 Stages) 3 Amendments in Act for rapid implementation
of the Town Planning Scheme
TOWN PLANNING SCHEME PROCEDURE- PHYSICAL
PLANNING
IMPLEMENTATION OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN
THROUGHTOWN PLANNING SCHEME
IMPLEMENTATION OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN
THROUGHTOWN PLANNING SCHEME
CITY INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH UNIFORM
AND BALANCED DISTRIBUTION