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Gandhinagar is the capital of Gujarat, India, located along the Sabarmati River. It was planned and designed by Indian town planners between 1965-1970 to be a green, sustainable city inspired by Gandhi's principles. The city is organized into 30 sectors laid out in a grid pattern with lettered and numbered roads. It has grown in phases from a "Gandhian City" focused on his concepts to today's focus on being green, using solar energy, and being cosmopolitan under the vision of Gujarat's Chief Minister in 2002.

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Gandhinagar

Gandhinagar is the capital of Gujarat, India, located along the Sabarmati River. It was planned and designed by Indian town planners between 1965-1970 to be a green, sustainable city inspired by Gandhi's principles. The city is organized into 30 sectors laid out in a grid pattern with lettered and numbered roads. It has grown in phases from a "Gandhian City" focused on his concepts to today's focus on being green, using solar energy, and being cosmopolitan under the vision of Gujarat's Chief Minister in 2002.

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GANDHINAGAR

The Capital Of Gujarat Named after Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhinagar is the only new capital
of a state in India that was designed and planned by Indian town planners in service with the
State Government. Since it is relatively new, it is also considered the "greenest" town in the
world. Gandhinagar is spread along the banks of the Sabarmati River, with the main city
designed on the west bank of the river on approximately 42.9 km² of land.

It follows the river's path, the site is gently sloping, from north-east to southwest. Fine
landscape lies along the west bank of the river, which gives the city a majestic appearance.

THE PLANNING OF GANDHINAGAR TOOK PLACE IN 4 PHASES

Phase 1: After the city's infrastructure was completed in 1970, and until 1980, it was known
as ‘Gandhian City,' since it was based on Gandhi's concepts and principles.

Phase 2: Between 1980 and 1990, a time of low pollution, it was known as 'Unpolluted City'.

Phase 3: After 1990, many trees were planted, and the city became the 'Green City.'

Phase 4: In 2002, Gujarat's Chief Minister, Narendra Modi, proposed a new,


triple focus for the city: it should be green, It should use solar energy, and It should be
cosmopolitan.
CONNECTIVITY
National highway (Nh) 8 and 8c runs through the district connecting it with major cities (20
km from city) ,connected with ahmedabad by the sarkhej - gandhinagar highway (28 km)
and with vadodara by the ahmedabad-vadodara expressway (139 km)

PLANNING

Planning was done by two Indian town planners Prakash M Apte & H. K. Mewada, who had
apprenticed with Le Corbusier in Chandigarh.

•Planned and implemented between 1965-1970

•Determination to make Gandhinagar a purely Indian enterprise, partly because


Gujarat was the birthplace of Gandhi.

•To establish and maintain a separate identity for the new city, the surrounding area of about
39 villages was brought under a Periphery Control Act (as in Chandigarh) that permitted new
development of farm houses only.
•The area later constituted a separate administrative district of Gandhinagar.

•The city was planned for a population of 150,000 but can accommodate
double that population with increase in the floor space ratio from 1 to 2 in the areas reserved
for private development.

•The river being the border on the east, and the industrial area to the North, the most logical
future physical expansion of the city was envisaged towards the north-west.
SECTORS

Gandhinagar comprises thirty sectors, and it is a highly structured city with a well ordered
street grid comprising blocks that are divided by two types of streets, similar to U.S.
avenues and streets. Gandhinagar has "letter roads" (K, KH, G, GH, CH, CHH, and JA)
and "number roads" (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7).

•The city has been planned in gridiron method

•It is a highly structured city and has orderesstreet grid patterns.

•It was built by taking inspiration from chandigarh, bhubaneshwar.


•Each intersection is marked by signal names such as CH1, CH2, CH3 or JA1, JA2. This
provides a high degree of organization and evenness to the various parts of the city.

• The city is planned on the western bank of the river Sabarmati. Due to a constant
military confrontation with Pakistan, whose borders are close from the city, a large
military presence was required here. The land acquired on the eastern bank, adjacent to
National Highway no.8, was therefore allotted to the Border Security force and military
cantonment.

•Considering the mostly south-west to northeast wind direction, the land to the north of the
city was allotted for the then biggest thermal power station and the adjacent areas were
zoned for industrial use. This area was distanced from the township by a 2000 ft. wide
green strip of thick vegetation.

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