Vasna, a municipal ward under Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) was taken for study for Area Planning Studio -2013. The aim was to identify the key issues, opportunities and inherent development potential of the ward and to prepare a ward plan through a specific vision which could mitigate the current problems plaguing the ward and promote balanced development and thus serve the present and future population of the ward as well as the city.

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V A S N A
W A R D
Masters in Planning 2013-2015 CEPT University Ahmedabad

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Vasna Ward
Vasna
Wards in Ahmedabad city

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Vasna Ward
Total area of ward:- 4.8 sqkm
Total population:- 123116
Sex ratio :- 945 females per 1000 males
Literacy rate :- 77%
Working population:-37%
Average household size:- 4.5 people
Existing FSI :- 1.8
Consumed FSI :- 0.75
Gross Residential Density:- 25,649 persons/sqkm
Net Residential Density:- 73,283 persons/sqkm
Introduction- Demographic data

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Ambavadi
Paldi
Vasna Ward
APMC
Sarkhej
Industrial Zone
Vasna Ward

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New TP
TP schemes at Vasna Ward

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Vasna ward
The Green Belt

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The Green Belt

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Open Lands
Vasna Ward
Residential
Neighborhood
Commercial
Residential
Neighborhood
Slums
Village &
Tomb
Commercial
Open Lands
District Mapping on the basis of Imageability

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Vasna Ward
Macro level:
• Social Infrastructure
• Physical Infrastructure
Meso/Micro level :
• Large green field
development
• Neighborhood
development
• Address the slums
• Vasna road
commercial scope
Ward
boundary
Concern areas / Purview of Proposals

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TOD belt
Meso/Micro level :
• Large green field
development
• Neighborhood
development
• Address the slums
• Vasna road
commercial scope
TOD belt
TOD belt
BRTS
Ward boundary
Metro Line
Macro level:
• Social Infrastructure
• Physical Infrastructure
Considerations from the
DP 2021:
• BRTS / Mega Metro /
TOD
• FSI Regulations
Metro station
Concern areas / Purview of Proposals

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Road Networking
Macro level

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Cul-de-sacs
Incomplete circulation
Traffic concentration on
Vasna Road
Underdevelopment
Encroachment
Existing Road Network

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More distributed through
& local traffic
Complete road network
Better local circulation
Development in
undeveloped areas
Existing
Strengthen
Proposed (immediately)
Proposed (in long term)
Proposed Road Network

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Plotting for TOD
Macro level

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Plotting for TOD

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B
B
B
B
B
B
B
BRTS stations
MRTS stations
Plotting for TOD

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M
M
M
Variables
Permissible Uses
2.70
Maximum F.S.I.
Plotting for TOD

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Realizing the inherent & future
commercial potential of Vasna road
Meso level

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20. Concerns for Vasna road
• Inter transit integration (BRTS/MRTS)
• Transit integration with the immediate surroundings
• Commercial potential of the Vasna road

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Existing
Strengthen
Proposed (immediately)
Proposed (in long term)
Vasna Ward
1. Inter Transit integration
TOD Zone - 1
Proposals/Regulations for TOD zones
Composite Transit routes & stations
• BRTS & MRTS

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1. Inter Transit integration
Source – www.ahmedabadbrts.com
Typical c/s with BRTS Corridor adopted in Ahmedabad

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1. Inter Transit integration
Integration of metro line with ROW at New Delhi
Source – www.jaintvcom

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1. Inter Transit integration
Carriage way
BRTS
Metro
BRTS
BRTS – MRTS integration - Cross section Type - 1
Carriage way

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1. Inter Transit integration
Carriage way
Metro
BRTS
BRTS
Metro
BRTS – MRTS integration - Cross section Type - 2
Carriage way

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1. Inter Transit integration
Carriage way
BRTS
BRTS
Metro
BRTS – MRTS integration - Cross section Type - 3
Carriage way

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Existing
1. Inter Transit integration
Strengthen
Proposed (immediately)
Proposed (in long term)
TOD Zone - 1
Proposed Transit stations
• BRTS stop
• Provision for Mega metro station with
vehicular parking, para-transit, service
road & other complimenting activities

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1. Inter Transit integration
Service road requirement at
kaushambi station, New delhi
Source – Google Earth

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1. Inter Transit integration
One of the metro stations at New Delhi
Source – www.dreamstime.com

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1. Inter Transit integration
Source – i.ndtvimg.com
One of the metro stations at New Delhi

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1. Inter Transit integration
Underpass at Metro stations
Source – www.dreamstime.com

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1. Inter Transit integration
Underpass at Metro stations
Source – www.dreamstime.com

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Platform
Platform
Concourse
underpass
underpass
BRTS lane
BRTS stop
BRTS lane
Carriage way
Schematic section showing proposed Inter-transit circulation

34. • Inter transit integration (BRTS/MRTS)
• Transit integration with the immediate surroundings
• Commercial potential of the Vasna road

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Existing
Strengthen
Proposed (immediately)
Proposed (in long term)
2. Transit integration with surrounding
TOD Zone - 1
Metor station & Plaza
Proposed Plaza
Along with the space provisions for metro station &
its allied activities
Propose plaza around APMC metro station

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Existing
Strengthen
Proposed (immediately)
Proposed (in long term)
2. Transit integration with surrounding
TOD Zone - 1
Metor station & Plaza
Proposed Plaza
Majorly, hardscape/softscape open spaces with small
amount of building blocks
Majorly pedestrianized

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Existing
Strengthen
Proposed (immediately)
Proposed (in long term)
2. Transit integration with surrounding
TOD Zone - 1
Metor station & Plaza
Proposed Plaza
Activities to be planned for:
Shopping/
Recreation
Eating
Recreation
Transition

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Existing
Strengthen
Proposed (immediately)
Proposed (in long term)
2. Transit integration with surrounding
TOD Zone - 1
Metor station & Plaza
Proposed Plaza
Release the road off high pedestrian traffic
Also would accommodate high demand of informal
commercial sector thereby minimizing disturbance to
the through traffic

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2. Transit integration with surrounding
Metro Station
Concourse
BRTS
Underpass
Right of Way
Plaza
Schematic Transverse section along Metro/ROW & Plaza

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2. Transit integration with surrounding
Pioneer Square, Portland, USA
Source – Google Earth
Suggested by – Mr. Jignesh Mehta

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2. Transit integration with surrounding
Bukit Bintang station, Kuala Lumpur
Monorail, Kuala Lumpur
Suggested by – Mehrnaz

42. • Inter transit integration (BRTS/MRTS)
• Transit integration with the immediate surroundings
• Commercial potential of the Vasna road

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Reds
1.Ocassional needs
2. City wide target group
3. specialized/ recognized @ for
certain services
4. Emergence: frontage provided by
state highway (dynamic)
5. Built form: Repetitive/ spread-out high visibility - similar line of business
6. give & take: employment to people
around - consumption at city level
Suburb
relation
Commercial Spillover
Vasna Ward
Residential
Neighborhoods
1
Residential
Neighborhoods
Greens
1. Frequent needs
2. Neighbourhood level target
group
3. Basic regular
4. Emergence: due to static
residential concentrations
5. Built form: individual units
catering to specific group /
altogether different group
6. give & take: consumption at
neighbourhoods around

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Unregulated
Housing (Slums)
Very good
Community life
2
Fairly Good
condition of
Structures
Slums
Short term proposal
In-Situ upgradation

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Existing
Strengthen
Proposed (immediately)
Proposed (in long term)
1. Commercial development oriented proposal
TOD Zone - 1
Metor station & Plaza
Pedestrian Parking
pathway
bay
3.0m
2.5m
Carriage way
6.5m
Carriage way
6.5m
Parking Pedestrian
bay
pathway
2.5m
3.0m
Proposed ROW of 24M wide service road
Proposed Service Road
Wide Service road to felicitate commercial development
gradually in the TOD Zone – 1
Until market forces work towards commercial
development of the area, immediate construction of the
service road would provide additional commercial
frontage for informal & specialized commercial markets

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Existing
Strengthen
Proposed (immediately)
Proposed (in long term)
Vasna Ward
1. Commercial development oriented proposal
TOD Zone - 1
Metor station & Plaza
Pedestrian Streets (NMTs)
Additional public area has been created in form of
Completely pedestrianized streets to cater to the huge
demand of informal commercial sector that will be
attracted to the place.
Might also be used for 2-wheeler parking

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Existing
Strengthen
Proposed (immediately)
Proposed (in long term)
Vasna Ward
1. Commercial development oriented proposal
TOD Zone - 1
Metor station & Plaza
Freight Oriented Commercial Activities (Red)
Designing favorable ROW to attract Transport
oriented commercial activities which require
specialized vehicle loading/unloading spaced
Appropriate location for its sustenance

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1. Commercial development oriented proposal
Trans. Oriented
commercial
Trans. Oriented
commercial
Loading /
Pedestrian
unloading bays pathway
Carriage way
Pedestrian
pathway
Loading /
unloading bays
Proposed ROW for Transport oriented commercial activities
Freight Oriented Commercial Activities (Red)
Designing favorable ROW to attract Transport
oriented commercial activities which require
specialized vehicle loading/unloading spaced
Appropriate location for its sustenance

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1. Commercial development oriented proposal
Design / Regulation / Policies for ‘Vasna road’ facing plots
Interactive Threshold between Private & Public property
Building construction permitted upto road front edge of the plot, inculding Chajja
Projections, Balconies, Ar. projections, Hoardings or any other horizontal projections

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1. Commercial development oriented proposal
Design / Regulation / Policies for ‘Vasna road’ facing plots
Minimum 4.5m wide covered public/common passage on ‘Vasna Road’ side of the
building on the ground floor
This is intended to accommodate commercial spillover from the building
The floor height of the passage shall be min. 200mm more than pedestrian
pathway/Footpath

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Offices
Offices
Retail
Retail
Pedestrian Parking
bay
pathway
4m
2.4m
Carriage way
6.25m
BRTS Corridor
MRTS
8m
2.7m
Carriage way
6.25m
Parking Pedestrian
bay
pathway
2.4m
4m
Proposed ROW of 36M wide Vasna Road
Design / Regulation / Policies for ‘Vasna road’ facing plots
Minimum 4.5m wide covered public/common passage on ‘Vasna Road’ side of the
building on the ground floor
This is intended to accommodate commercial spillover from the building
The floor height of the passage shall be min. 200mm more than pedestrian
pathway/Footpath

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Offices
Offices
Retail
Retail
Pedestrian Parking
bay
pathway
4m
2.4m
Carriage way
6.25m
BRTS Corridor
MRTS
8m
2.7m
Carriage way
6.25m
Parking Pedestrian
bay
pathway
2.4m
4m
Proposed ROW of 36M wide Vasna Road
Design / Regulation / Policies for ‘Vasna road’ facing plots
Types of Commercial activities permitted up to G+2:
above G+2:
• Goods Activities Shopping
Office Oriented
• Service Oriented Shopping
• Restaurant type activity
*Use classification adopted from APA. LBCS standards

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Promoting higher degree of utility &
services at residential neighborhood
Meso level

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Private
Vasna Ward
Semi-public
Public
Inspiration from large block sizes in other parts of Vasna
Assures appropriate separation of both street & residential activities
Gradual transition from public to private provides room for spillover from both ends

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Existing
Strengthen
Proposed (immediately)
Proposed (in long term)
Pedestrian (NMT routes)
Promoting pedestrian routes in Neighborhoods
Vasna Ward

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Commercial
emergence
Emergence of commercial activities at strategic location at Vasna ward

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2.70
Pertaining to the wide range of uses permitted by AUDA DP 2012

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Map of North Vasna showing emergence of informal markets

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Residential Neighborhood
•
•
Residential Neighborhood
Residential Neighborhood
Spatial Intervention for Informal
Commercial
Increase in share of Public land
Residential Neighborhood
Provisions to accommodate informal commercial activities, coupled with a
completing design solution

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Existing
Strengthen
Proposed (immediately)
Proposed (in long term)
Pedestrian (NMT routes)
Informal activities
Provisions to accommodate informal commercial activities, coupled with a
completing design solution

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Badi Chaupar, Jaipur, Rajasthan
Source – Google Earth
Suggested by – Mr. Jignesh Mehta

64. Existing park
Proposed garden in TP
Proposed playgrounds in TP
Proposed open spaces in tp
Proposed parks
Proposed linear parks
Open spaces-parks and playgrounds

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Unregularized housing
(Slums)
Vasna Ward

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GUPTA NAGAR & PRAVIN NAGAR
Total Households:2214
Total Population:10750
JAWAHAR NAGAR
Total Households:750
Total Population:2275
Area:17240 sq. m.
33% OF TOTAL WARD AREA IS
UNDER SLUM.
SORAI NAGAR
Total Households:710
Total Population:3875

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COEXISTENCE
To promote practices to absorb slums/ unregularized
housing into regularized residential neighbourhood

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JAWAHAR NAGAR – PRESENT SCENARIO
WASTE MANAGEMENT
PROBLEM AND UNHYGIENIC
SURROUNDING
LACK OF PACCA HOUSES
LACK OF PROPER
INFRASTRUCTURE

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JAWAHAR NAGAR – SLUM REDEVELOPMENT
SLUM REDEVELOPMENT
TOTAL AREA COVERED
HOUSEHOLD
(IN SQ. MT.)
17240
750
AREA FOR SINGLE UNIT
35
NO. OF UNITS IN A BLOCK
16
AREA OF BLOCK
225
TOTAL DWELLING UNITS
750
TOTAL BUILDING BLOCKS
47
TOTAL BUILTUP AREA FOR SLUM
COMMON AREA
TOTAL AREA REQUIRED FOR SLUM
REDEVELOPMENT
10575
3173
SLUM AFTER REDEVELOPMENT
13748

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GUPTA NAGAR & PRAVIN NAGAR – PRESENT SCENARIO
PACCA HOUSE STRUCTURE
SNP IMPLEMENTED BUT STILL…….
LACK IN MANAGEMENT OF
INFRASTRUCTURE
GOOD COMMUNITY LIFE

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GUPTA NAGAR & PRAVIN NAGAR – SLUM UPGRADATION
INTERNAL ROAD CONNECTIVITY
PROPER INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITY
STREET LIGHTNING
Vasna Ward

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Incentivizing developers to promote
housing for Economically Weaker sections

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Total FSI = [1.8 + (FSI for EWSH / 2)]
*** To a maximum of Total FSI = 2.25 ***
1.8
1.8
1.4
0.4
1.2
0.6
1.6 = 2.0
1.5 = 2.1
1.8
0.8
1.8
1.0
1.4 = 2.2
0.9
0.9
1.35 = 2.25
Incentivizing developers to promote housing for Economically Weaker sections

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AMC
NSDP
FUNDING
NGO’s
HUDCO

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Solid Waste Management
Vasna Ward

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Open Dumping
Vasna Ward

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Final Proposal Plan

87. ESTIMATION – COSTING – FINANCE

88. SHORT TERM
PROPOSALS

89. SHORT TERM PROPOSAL COSTS - ROADS
24m ROADS
Total Area of Construction
Unit Rate
2,01,600 sqm
Rs.1400/sqm
Total Cost
Rs.28,22,40,000
18m ROADS
Total Area of Construction
Unit Rate
1,99,800 sqm
Rs.1150/sqm
Total Cost
Rs. 22,97,70,000
Final Cost of Road Infrastructure Development
Rs. 51,20,10,000

90. SHORT TERM COST-SLUM REDEVELOPMENT
BUILT UP AREA
Total Area Requirement
Unit Slab Rate
10,600 sqm
Rs.14,600/sqm
Total Cost
Rs.15,47,60,000
OPEN AREAS
Total Area Requirement
Unit Rate
3200 sqm
Rs.1500/sqm
Total Cost
Rs. 48,00,000
Final Cost of Slum In-Situ Development
Rs. 15,95,60,000

91. SHORT TERM PROPOSAL COSTS
ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
Final Cost of Road Infrastructure Development
Rs. 51,20,10,000
SLUM REDEVELOPMENT
Final Cost of Slum In-Situ Development
Rs. 15,95,60,000
FINAL COST OF SHORT TERM PROPOSAL
Rs. 67.16 crores

92. LONG TERM
PROPOSALS

93. LONG TERM PROPOSAL COSTS
ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
15m Roads
Total Area Requirement
Unit Rate
Final Cost*
87,000 sqm
Rs. 1150/sqm
Rs. 10.00 crores
*Rates and Final figures may vary depending upon
the period of implementation and
the adjustments for inflation
and other factors

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Final Proposal Plan

95. Thank you!
V A S N A
W A R D
Kevin A, Maitry S, Pratham P, Rakhi D, Rashmi B