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Studying the urban character of an Urban fringe of Ahmedabad
Locating the precinct
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The precinct is located towards the far eastern fringe of Ahmedabad, in Vastral. The distance of the precinct from the Central Business district of Ahmedabad ie 15km. The area covered by the precinct is 1 sq.km.
The precinct can be reached through the AMTS public bus transport or by private vehicles. The bus stops for AMTS bus routes 142/142S/144- 1/144-1S are located 900 m towards the west and south from the center of the precinct. The bus stop in the south is the Vastral cross road bus stop and Swami Nrayan Gurukul bus stop in the west.
Built form of a Fringe as compared to other areas -
The fine grain of the precinct is distinctly visible and can be compared to the densely populated Odhav-Rakhial precinct in the east.
Odhav-Rakhial
Figure ground map: 76% built, 24% open
Vastral
Figure ground map: 18% built, 82% open
Timeline of Development and the determinants
The precinct was full of privately owned agricultural lands in the year 2000, which gradually started developing after the completion of the construction of Sardar Patel Ring road in the year 2008 and converted into a built one in the year 2018. The development started from the west with the Madhav group’s initiative of housing communities, (Madhav Part-1,Madhav Part-2, Madhav Part-3) and Madhav school in the year 2009.
The Sardar Patel Ring road divides the precinct into two parts in the east and west. The public housing apartments are provided by Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA) for the socially and economically weaker section within the precinct. The precinct has all typologies with gated living . The infrastructure is not yet developed and is under construction in the current scenario. The insufficient infrastructure has led to the water logging in most streets during the rainy season. The eastern part of the precinct consists of most semi-detached bungalows and apartments, whereas the western part consists of semi-detached and row-hose typologies. Since the precinct is still developing, with many vacant lands, thus has more scope for future developments.
Sufficient sewerage network for the built fabric
In the precinct, there are inadequate network of sewer lines and manholes. 71% of the total road length in the precinct is covered by the sewer network, with about 9 manholes per km. Manhole chamber vary in sizes from 770 mm x 770 mm used on the main trunk line, while the smaller 750 mm x 750 mm size, is used on the branch network.
Optimum water supply to whole of the precinct
66% of the water is consumed by the area’s population of 42,455. Even being in a fringe area, the precinct has proper water supply lines connected throughout. Since the precinct has all buildings under different societies, the AMC water supply is connected upto the entrance of the societies and from there the societies either store the water in overhead tanks or in the underground tank.
Daily water consumption by the households 62 lakh Litres.
Primarily a Residential precinct
Residents travel more than 5kms for work and education