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Silenced River Springs Back To Life (Reviving Sabarrmed River By inter-basin Wars Trarafor)
finally came true. During last three years, environment and life in Ahmedabad,
on an average, 600 to 1,200 MCM of water improve the efficiency of its infrastructure,
was released every year in the dry bed of conserve the places of heritage importance,
river Sabarmati, which gets stored in a and create an opportunity for recreation and Perennial Water Body
stretch of 10.6 km — right upto Vasna hospitality industry. However, as usual my Te ee —
A p . * e ambitious project involves prevent evacuation of nearly
Barrage. Eineet leeuensioa was xequired to:Gat ; creating embankments on both 10,000 Slum Households,
Having ensured that round the year inter- through the bureaucratic web for transfer o sides of Sbarmati river and located on riverbanks as well
i er of N water will Mimiige! Corperatios for the ion of piri Aplin ph a preg cichag la
the river Sabarmati independent of the me a ee 7 ;
. . River Front Project by Sabarmati River banks — from upstream of the same time prevent the
vagaries of nature during monsoon, I ‘i a Subhash Bridge to Vasne scouring of farm lands
A . Front Development Corporation Limited < ‘
decided that appropriate development of the . Barrage. This stretch would
riverfront could turn the river into a major (SRFDCL). And thereafter, the project took become a perennial water ecrdy nat lias
asset, which would improve the quality of off beautifully. body after the completion of eae hori _ Snitte ot
the River Front Development
Project. ground water table by 2.0 m
annually. But implementation of
@ In this project, separate SRFDCL project would result
intercepter line is to be laid on in recharging of ground water
epge * both sides of the river for aquifer,
| Earth-Filling At River Front Sa eee ete cauiny of & 20278 ha of land is being
—— ' _ ; wight water and save aquatic life. reclaimed and getting utilised
owe = al si = sly ta a Be for green environment
" 7 A te iis ccc Bt pall ea: _—_ = @ = The project will also provide development, which would
; 3 eo > a i Hi a protection against 500,000 cusec reduce greenhouse gas emission.
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nae i Yen area ; TE eliminate the annual flooding of
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