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Ahmedabad Urges Developers to Maintain Percolation Wells for BU Permit

AHMEDABAD: The Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (Auda) has reinforced its commitment to groundwater recharge by adding new conditions for granting building use (BU) permission. During a recent meeting, its board decided that developers must maintain percolation wells on their sites to obtain BU permission. Developers are now required to install a percolation well and provide a notarized affidavit stating, “The percolation well and the rainwater harvesting system are operational, and we will ensure their ongoing functionality.” Only after this will Auda grant BU permission. The original requirement for percolation wells in constructions exceeding 500 sq m was established in the…

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Ahmedabad body auctions Chandkheda plot, includes service road

AHMEDABAD: Different departments within the Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (Auda) appear to be making significant decisions without proper communication. A notable instance of this miscommunication is a recent land deal. One year after auctioning 21,685 sq m of prime land next to the SP Ring Road in Chandkheda for ₹166 crore, officials in the estate department discovered that their counterparts in the town planning department had already designated part of that land for a 9m wide service road. In response to this oversight, Auda officials hurried to rectify the situation. During the board meeting on September 30, they proposed granting…

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Ahmedabad to Launch 7 New Town Planning Schemes

AHMEDABAD: During the Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA) board meeting on Tuesday, it was decided to establish seven new Town Planning (TP) Schemes in the villages surrounding the city. AUDA announced that with Ahmedabad gearing up to host the Commonwealth and Olympic Games, these new TP schemes aim to facilitate rapid and systematic development in satellite areas. The planned TP schemes will be developed in the villages of Saij, Godhavi, Kaneti, Nidhrad, and Manipur, located within the AUDA jurisdiction. This initiative will urbanize approximately 1,000 hectares in these regions, making way for essential infrastructure and new road construction. Published On…

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Auda’s Past Plans Erode Ahmedabad’s Lakes

Representative image created by AI AHMEDABAD: Numerous ponds and lakes throughout the city have experienced a notable decrease in their land area due to past Town Planning (TP) schemes created by the Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA), even though state government policy prohibits such reductions, according to sources. Areas like Thaltej, Bopal, Memnagar, Vastrapur, and Charodi—previously under AUDA’s jurisdiction—have seen their water bodies diminish in size since being integrated into the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) limits. Official sources indicate that AUDA’s TP scheme drafts—initially designed for village lands that were later incorporated into the city—resulted in a reduction of land…