Ahmedabad: The officials of the Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA) are facing embarrassment over mismanaged land deals. It has come to light that AUDA sold a land plot in Chandkheda, but officials realized only a year later that the sale had inadvertently included land earmarked for a service road. In a case that has raised eyebrows, 21,685 sq m of prime land adjoining SP Ring Road in Chandkheda was auctioned to a developer for Rs 166 crore. Nearly a year later, officials in the estat...Read More

Ahmedabad: In a move to boost road connectivity, the Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA) has approved the rezoning of 196 hectares of land, paving the way for two major road projects that were stalled due to agricultural zoning restrictions. The proposal has been sent to the state government for final approval. One of the proposed roads will link the 15-km stretch from Karnavati Club to the Sanand-Viramgam Highway via the villages of Godhavi, Kaneti, and Nidhrad, which fall in the rest...Read More

Ahmedabad: In a major oversight, the Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA) sold a commercial plot worth ₹149.73 crore to Lulu International Shopping Malls Pvt. Ltd. without checking that a 12-metre-wide service road and a vital water feeder pipeline passed through the site—rendering construction unfeasible. As per a news report by TOI, the issue came to light after Lulu Group took possession of the 18,693 sq m plot near SP Ring Road in Chandkheda and found that the Ahmedabad Municipa...Read More

Ahmedabad: In a one-of-a-kind move, an entire lake in Godhavi village will be relocated to facilitate the construction of a crucial 45-metre-wide road connecting to the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC). This 45-meter-wide Shela-Sanand connector road, part of the long-term development plan of the Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA), was initially designed to curve around Mama Talavadi (a local lake), but will now pass directly through it due to a conflict with an existing DFC culvert. ...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA) has sanctioned its highest-ever budget of ₹2,231.23 crore for 2025-26, focusing primarily on infrastructure expansion, including the widening of the SP Ring Road. As per the budget, the six-lane expansion of the Sardar Patel Ring Road will be carried out under the hybrid annuity model (HAM), allowing AUDA to manage toll collection directly. The project is estimated at ₹2,293 crore, with ₹300 crore allocated for it in the 2025-26 ...Read More

Gandhinagar: Minister Rushikesh Patel, while responding to a query regarding approvals and development permissions for construction under the Hotel Policy in land classified as Agricultural Zone within the limits of Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA) over the past two years in the Legislative Assembly, stated that in Kalol taluka of Gandhinagar district, Karnavati Club Limited in Mulsana was granted permission for 1,71,173 sq.m. on 21-01-2023, and in Vayana, Rajpath Club Limited in Moj...Read More

Gandhinagar: As many as 47 Town Planning (TP) schemes of Ahmedabad city are pending for government approval in two years period of 2023 and 2024. The government shared the list of pending TPs in reply to a question asked by the city Congress MLA in the State assembly. The government in its reply further stated that no time-limit can be decided for decisions on pending approvals/disapprovals. Regarding the reasons behind pendancy, the Government in its reply stated that - Considering the...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA) on Saturday invited requests for proposals for converting the 76-km-long four-lane Sardar Patel Ring Road (SP Ring Road) into a six-lane road. The total cost of the project is estimated to be Rs 2,200 crore. AUDA has floated tenders for two packages. Package 1, with an estimated cost of Rs 848 crore, covers a 37-km stretch in the eastern area, while Package 2, worth Rs 893 crore, is for a 39-km stretch in the western area. Additio...Read More