1. Introduction 1.1 Stormwater Sector Overview After assessing the city on the lines of stormwater management, White water resource, urban flood mitigation, green infrastructure, and sustainable stormwater approach are potential places for intervention and lay the basis for thematic mapping over which we tried to come up with solutions further detailing them into possible projects which cover aspects such as Reducing stress on existing Water resources, Public health, SuDS, LID, intersectoral overlaps in WASH taking into consideration the needs and future capacity of Ahmedabad city. We formulated our vision and objectives based on the learnings of the city assessment and innovative national and international good practices. Our vision is Sustainable Stormwater Management to rejuvenate water resources and build resilience against urban floods and waterlogging. To accomplish this, our objectives are to use stormwater as a resource and manage rainwater runoff as a concern. Management in one sector leads to a smooth flow of services in others. Stormwater if managed properly can reduce the water stress in the city significantly. To reach a comprehensive stormwater management plan, we need to efficiently harvest, soak, manage, and store rainwater which can be achieved through interlinking our proposals. A wide range of white-water benefits often remains unknown, poorly measured, or undervalued. Improper stormwater management affects the vitality and viability of the communities and the city. As a result, the interventions are visualized with long-term and short-term objectives at regional, city, LAP, and project levels. The interventions are an effort to deal with pressing issues of climate change and move towards sustainable development which covers four Sustainable Development Goals of climate change, sustainable cities, clean water and sanitation, life below water, and life on land. The following interventions reduce the risk of waterlogging, the vulnerability of slums, and pressure on drainage coverage and improvement in green cover, water bodies along their catchments. Develop a Green Field area using Low Impact Development Concept to manage Storm Water through the Town Planning Scheme Mechanism. Another way to seep more stormwater into the ground is in the form of sponge open spaces. How to reduce the vulnerability in slums. Stormwater management strategies at the catchment level – Lake Rejuvenation Revivifying course: Envisioning the city through an urban water channel The intervention outlined in this report focuses on stormwater management practices to intervene at the regional level along the course of the urban water channel (Kharicut canal) located on the eastern part of Ahmedabad city. 1
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