AHMEDABAD AND

SABARMATI RIVER
The city was founded in 1411 along the river banks.

The river originates from the foothills of Aravalli ranges

near Udaipur, Rajasthan, and flows downstream passing
through Ahmedabad till Gulf of Camay.

The 109-km river runs across a stretch of about 55 km

through Ahmedabad. It is this stretch that is developed as
an ambitious urban renewal project.
Sabarmati riverfront is a waterfront being developed
along the banks of Sabarmati river in Ahmedabad, India.

Proposed in 1960s, the construction began in 2005.

Since 2012, the waterfront is gradually opened to public
as and when facilities are constructed and various
facilities are actively under construction.

The major objectives of project are environment

improvement, social infrastructure and sustainable
development.
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Waterfront is a place where urban development and water interact, and defined as a unique and
irreplaceable resource where land, water, air, sun and productive plants interface with each
other.

It is also defined as a place of integrating land with water and also having a characteristic of
natural attraction to people.

Any development takes place in fronts of water or water body like river, lake, ocean, bay, creek
or canal is term as a waterfront development.

In the present scenario, the waterfront development is a global trend. Nowadays, thousand of
schemes for water development are being carried out in all over the world.
The project has been
funded via loans from the
housing and urban
Development corporation
(HUDCO)—a large
national level
i n f r a s t r u c t u r e Fu n d i n g
agency—and from the
AMC.
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Historical use and of the Riverfront

As a source of drinking water.

As a place of recreation.

As a gathering place.

As a place of slum dwelling.

As a place for washing and drying clothes.

As a place market place.

As a farming land.

Gandhi ji built his ashram on the banks of

the river.

The population around the Sabarmati river expanded radially outwards from the
1 9 t h c e n t u r y t i l l t h e 2 1 s t c e n t u r y.

Population density of that place increased rapidly during that time period.