Urban planning, City development, Urban local bodies

1. INDORE AND AHMEDABAD URBAN
COMPARISON
Urban planning, City
development, Urban local bodies

2. ➢ Seventh largest city in India
➢ Second biggest trade centre of Western India
➢ Commercial Capital & Growth Engine of Gujarat State
➢ 3rd fastest growing city as per the Forbes magazine
Ahmedabad city profile
Population 5.7 million
Area 466 Sq. km
No. of Zones 6 Zones
No. of Wards 64
Indore city profile
➢ 11th largest city in India
➢ 5th biggest trade centre of Middle India
➢ Commercial Capital & Growth Engine of MP State
Population 2.04 million
Area 530 Sq. km
No. of Zones 8 Zones
No. of Wards 85

3. AhmedabadIndore

4. ARCHITECTURE OF GOVERNANCE
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is headed
by a Municipal commissioner, appointed by the
government of Gujarat. He is the administrative head. The
city is at present divided into six zones namely, central,
east, west, north, south and new west zone. Each zone is
further split into nine wards. There are 64 wards. Each
ward is represented by 3 Corporators. An election is held
to elect Corporators to after every 5 years. The mayor
heads the party with the largest number of Corporators
elected.
The AMC is responsible for certain obligatory and
discretionary services such as supply of portable water,
sewerage, solid waste management, primary education
services, health and medical services, street lighting,
construction or acquisition of public markets, slaughter
houses, and cattle pounds, fire services etc. AMC has 58
city centers across the city to facilitate delivery of
municipal services to its citizen.
The Water Operation (electrical and mechanical)
Department looks after operation and maintenance of
different water distribution stations and borewell located
in different wards of the city. The main functions of the
department are: water supply to the citizen, operation
and maintenance (O&M) of water distribution stations,
O&M of borewells, SITC work of electrical & mechanical
equipments for new water distribution stations
constructed by the water project department, construction
of new bore wells, augmentation & energy efficiency
works related to water distribution stations & bore wells,
energy audit.
The Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA) is
responsible for overseeing and sanctioning construction
and infrastructure development across the suburbs of the
city of Ahmadabad. The prime objective of the AUDA's
formation was to carry out the planned development of
the area failing outside the periphery of Ahmedabad
Municipal Corporation. Recently the area of working of
AUDA has been limited due to merger of 18 Gram
Panchanyats of Ahmedabad district with the Ahmedabad
Municipal Corporation. AUDA completed many works in
the metro region of Ahmedabad. The development
authority is coming up with a state-of-the-art office on
Ashram Road, Ahmadabad.

5. • City Governance at Ahmedabad (AMC) has taken a
number of unique and path breaking initiatives in
all key areas of urban governance
• Large number of initiatives are already successfully
implemented with encouraging results. Further
initiatives are in the process.
• Many initiatives include private sector participation
through relatively complex bidding, concession
and risk sharing arrangements.
• Overall, initiatives have led to higher level of services to
citizens, with far reaching economic,
environmental and quality of life implications
• Reach of services to Urban Poor focused in the areas of
Education, Health, Sanitation, Water Supply
& Roads
Urban Governance in the
Ahmedabad context

6. Characteristic of Development Plan 2021
• Development of Affordable housing in 76 sqkm,(R-AH)
• Land Use & Development
• Planning for compact city
• Priority to Sustainable & Affordable planning
• Motivational development in existing zones
• Priority & Motivation in CBD & transits corridor area for
construction
• Planning for Sky line project
• Maximum use of land available inside the city
• Maintenance of agriculture land in outside the city
• Unity between land use & transport
Ahmedabad

7. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation
(AMC)
Ahmedabad municipal Corporation (AMC) was established in
year 1950 and
this department manages all the administration and the
construction works
for the city of Ahmedabad.
The 190.84 sq km area within the AMC limits consists of:
1. The traditional city center within the fort walls with relatively
highdensity
development, large concentration of commercial activities and
narrow streets,
2. The eastern sector accommodating large and small industries
and low
income residential areas, and
3. A well planned western sector with wide roads
accommodating major
institutions and high-income residential areas.

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11. AHMEDABAD URBAN AGGLOMERATION
(AUA)
The Greater Ahmedabad Urban agglomeration is an amalgam
covering an
area of about 4200 sq. Km is an amalgam of (Refer Map-2-1).
The map
reveals:
1. An area of 190 square kilometers is under the jurisdiction of
Ahmedabad
Municipal Corporation (AMC), and
2. 150 villages in the periphery of the city are under the
jurisdiction of
Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA),
3. 9 Municipalities in the periphery of the city are under the
jurisdiction of
Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA),
4. Gandhinagar and the surrounding villages,
5. Chatral, Bopal and other surrounding villages adjoining AUDA
limits .
INDORE

12. AhmedabadIndore
Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority
(AUDA)
• AUDA was constituted under the Gujarat Town Planning and Urban
Development Act, 1976 in 1978 to regulate and monitor the
development
in the periphery of the Corporation limits and the adjoining 300
villages
and 9 municipalities.
• The major function of the authority is to undertake the preparation
of the
development plan, Town planning schemes, regulate the development
and
collect the development charges in the area of its jurisdiction
• In addition to the area falling under AMC’s limit, it also include 107
settlements around it, 4 towns , 103 villages of Ahmedabad district.
The
expansion of AUDA comes of 129465 hectares (129465 sq km) area
which
include Ahmedabad city (municipal corporation) of 44900 hectares.