Sabarmati Riverfront to be extended to Gandhinagar, 38.2 km will be its total length: FM Desai in budget speech

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government has decided to extend the Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad upto Gandhinagar. Finance Minister Kanubhai Desai made this announcement in his annual budget speech today in the State assembly.

He said the Sabarmati Riverfront will be extended from Ahmedabad to Gandhinagar. He said phase-4 and phase-5 of Sabarmati Riverfront will involve the stretch from Indira Bridge in Ahmedabad to Gandhinagar.

In his budget speech FM Desai said, “The Sabarmati riverfront was developed as a manifestation of Shri Narendra Modi’s far-sighted vision and guidance which led to the development of the riverfront as one of the iconic projects in the urban landscape of Gujarat. Phase 1 of this project encompassing 11.5 km of riverfront is complete and Phase 2-a project of 5.5 kms is under progress. Under Phase 3, a stretch of 5 kms of riverfront development will shortly commence near GIFT city. The government has now taken a historic decision to extend the riverfront from Ahmedabad to Gandhinagar.”

“As part of this decision, Phase 4 and Phase 5 of the riverfront will be developed from Indira Bridge to Gandhinagar. Thus, the total length of the riverfront will finally be 38.2 kms, which will make it the longest and one of the most scenic riverfronts in the world,” the Minister added.

The budget document in this regard stated – ‘To create a continuous riverfront on the stretch of Sabarmati River between Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad city, Part of that about 4.5 km from Narmada Canal to PDPU Bridge and about 7.5 km from Shahpur Bridge to Pethapur Power Station, hence total 12.00 km length of riverfront have been planned. For this purpose, an amount of Rs.100.00 Crore would be required during the Financial Year of 2024-25. Accordingly, it is proposed to provide an amount of Rs.100.00 Crore in the Budget Estimates 2024-25, for the purpose, for which this New Item is presented.’

It’s worth noting that the riverfront at its full length once completed will cover the Vasna area of Ahmedabad on one end and Pethapur power station on the other end. Presently the works for extended Riverfront from Subhash Bridge to Indira Bridge are going on. DeshGujarat