Anupama Warrier

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Prepare a Ward plan for Naranpura

A striving effort to envision and recreate one of the major residential wards of ‘Manchester of India’, Naranpura, was commenced by a group of 10. An enthralling yet challenging journey of four months came to an end with the proposal of ward plan for Naranpura. A plan that satisfies its 1, 12,113 residents was difficult to achieve ; hence we welcomed diverse inputs from experts in the field, the stakeholders and most importantly, the everyday citizens who would be most affected with the proposals we envisaged for ‘their’ ward. Every input has been beneficial in developing what we think will become a living framework for change and development in the ward of Naranpura.


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Naranpura, the soul of Ahmedabad... Lying on the western part of Sabarmati River, one of the oldest areas of Ahmedabad stands atop the residential areas of the city...

The ward, rich in her assets, has the railways as one of its periphery. However, the beauty and charm of the place that provides shade to the inhabitants will be lost to the upcoming Metro in the near future...

Though Naranpura can claim herself as one of the best residential areas of the city, like any other ward, Naranpura is not devoid of issues when in comes to traffic and transportation. The major issue is dual fold- Whether the ward is designed for the people or is the ward being defined by cars? The issues have been delved into in detail in the coming slides

The ward faces issues with regard to the traffic and transportation issues which have been identified and which need to be addressed. Ambitious, yet achievable, we began to align the assets of the ward with the opportunities, providing a framework that best befits the ward to come up with solutions to address the issues..

Owing to the geometric configuration and geographic location, Ankur road is one of the roads that demands redesigning and has been redesigned as shown in the map.

Also, efforts were made on redesign of certain streets and roads to make it inclusive of all modes of transport, with priority to its carriers, the pedestrians. For this, the proposal of Trunk Feeder system has been adopted which helps in encouraging Public Transport further enhancing walkability in the ward..

The shortcomings of today’s roads have been addressed through concepts like Complete Street and Walkable streets, thereby easing out the life of pedestrians and informal sectors in the ward. The various interventions along various road widths have been shown in the map.

Another important arena that needs to be brought to the limelight is policies and regulations regarding parking as they form the biggest curb toward achieving walk ability and PT ridership.

Thus, the beginning of a level headed journey of Naranpura, has been produced in front of you through the Comprehensive Ward Plan where these proposals are being made sensitive to its 1,12,113 citizens which was intended in conduction through stages.