SPECIAL PROJECT

Green Networking

Green network includes parks, green streets, waterfronts and green buffer.

Green open spaces such as parks and gardens play indispensable role in maintaining the physical environment and social character of the neighborhoods in the city. They serve as community forums for social interactions, for children to play, for people to entertain and exercise, etc. Green cover along the city streets make the streets more walkable and make the city environment more pleasant and helps reduce heat island effect.

With increase in population, the need for a variety of parks and open spaces is constantly increasing. The proposals in this section are focused on developing a vibrant livable city that has variety of parks, public open spaces within green buffer zone and green streets for its residents providing a healthy and high quality environment.

Considerations

Currently, Rajkot have lack of city level green spaces. About 1.3% of the area identified as parks and gardens in RMC area i.e. 0.68 sq.m. per person. Therefore, there is a need to increase amount of parks and gardens to sufficiently serve the existing population.

According to RMC there are 30 parks and garedens covering an area of 1,97,000 sq.mts. located at different place within a city.

RUDA area contains two major rivers, Aji and nyari along with 12 lakes. Hence there is a need to not only preserves the water body but also enhance it through creating a green buffer along it and increase the recreational and green space within the buffer.

Create a well connected green network of contiguous green spaces which includes parks, gardens, green buffer and green streets. Developing green streets as attractive streetscapes to serve as community.

Above considerations are to combat environmental effects on air quality, ground water recharge, urban heat islands and make the place more livable.

Proposals and Recommendations

Understanding the considerations and the existing level of parks and open spaces in RUDA, a set of proposals and recommendations have been planned to provide adequate recreational spaces catering the needs of the neighborhoods in the city.

Proposal 01 : Adding Green buffer along natural resources

Current scenario :

01 Lack of recreational spaces around water bodies.

02 Dumping of waste on the river banks.

03 need for revival of green space within the city.

Recommendations

RUDA area contains two major rivers, Aji and nyari along with 12 lakes. Development of Green buffer will preserves the water bodies. The development of green buffer of 100-200m around water bodies, considering public and vacant land. It will connect the three main lakes : Aji , nyari and Lalpari.

The project will make the waterfronts accessible to the public with new parks, gardens, plazas and numerous public facilities. Connecting the blue network on the eastern region will encourage development through recreation.

Proposed Green buffer along natural resources

Proposal 02 : Forming network of green streets and parks

Green shaded streets create attractive streetscape that increase walkability, increase green cover ,reduce heating of paved surface and reduce heat island effect. Thus identification of existing green streets and extending them up to important public open spaces and forming recreational nodes in the city is to be done through green street network. It is proposed to identify and implement approximately 383.3 km of additional Green Street network across the city.

While designing the Green Streets following design principles should be considered:

01 Avenues along the road sides.

02 50% of road side margin area of adjacent plots to be mandated as green space.

03 Built to line ,leaving margin of 6m ( only for arterial roads)

Green street network

Proposal 03 : Increasing Green cover through TP scheme mechanism

Parks and gardens are important amenities to be distributed evenly to ensure that almost every household has access to a park/garden within 5 to 10 minutes walking distance. Currently, Rajkot have lack of city level green spaces. About 1.3% of the area identified as parks and gardens in RMC area i.e. 0.68 sq.m. per person

Current scenario

table map : Existing Green cover table map : Existing TPS in Rajkot

Green areas allocated within TP scheme ranges from 0.5 – 2.0% of total TPS area. It has been observed that few of industrial areas has comparatively less or no green spaces at all.

Recommendation

new parks and gardens can be developed through TP scheme by increasing the mandatory green area which can be provided through TPS mechanism. The consideration is as follow:

40% - Built space

20% - Road construction

05% - Free sell component

05% - Public housing

05% - Public Utilities

05% - Green cover

Implementation of parks and gardens through TP scheme. (Conceptual scenario)

Phasing And Costing

Costing

Improvements proposed in the Development plan 2036 require resources and funds for implementation. Below is a broad estimate of costs for implementation of projects in the following components.

01 Road network

02 Public housing

03Physical infrastructure

04 Recreation

The cost estimation incurred for 2036 is approximately 8607 cr.

Road network.

Implementation of projects under this section lays down a frame work for the development to take place. The cost involved in the construction of new roads with necessary amenities is taken into consideration for cost estimation.

Housing.

The cost component added here is related to public housing i.e for population below the affordability line.

Physical infrastructure.

The total cost estimated includes components in waster supply, sewerage, storm water management and solid waste management.

Water supply cost - The cost estimate for water supply includes

01 Water treatment plants

02 Water distribution stations

03 Water storage facilities Water distribution network.

Sewerage cost - The cost estimate for sewage infrastructure includes

01 Sewage treatment plants

02 Intermediate Pumping stations

03 Sewage network

Funding

01 Chief Minister’s Urban Development Scheme

02 Grants for Development -State Government

03 AMRUT YoJnA - Drainage Work, Park Development, JnnURM

04 HoUSInG SCHEMES- (Central & State Government)

05 PMAY(Current Scheme in Rajkot)

06 Smart houses

Recreational

Special projects like the green buffer, network have been proposed for improving the green network of the city.Estimated cost for development is approximately 115Cr.

Resource Mobilization

Modes through which resources could be generated for covering the costs incurred for implementation of the various projects, proposals and improvements are studied for the development plan 2036.

Phasing

The development plan 2036 proposed is expected to be developed in two phases.

PHASE 1 (YEAR-2018-2028)

Road network- Kalavad to Ahmedabad-38Km (2nd Ring Road)

Strengthening of road network between 1St ring road and 2nd ring road

Following projects have been divided into phases for the purpose of implementation.

Transportation : BRTS –Extension of existing BRTS from Gondal to Ahmedabad

T.P Scheme will be first implemented inside inner 2nd ring road

Densification of area within inner ring road

Housing:

87,615 public housing unit construction

Industries:

Provision of workers housing

Provision of green spaces

Infrastructure:

Completion of water connection networks.

Upgradation or new landfill site

Completion of sewage network

Upgradation of STP

Upgradation of Aji WTP

PHASE 2 (YEAR-2029-2036)

Road Network : Kalavad to Morbi to Ahmedabad18.3Km (2nd Ring Road)

Construction of 3rd Ring Road

Transportation : new BRTS on 2nd Ring Road from Jamnagar to Kalavad

T.P Scheme will be first implemented outside inner 2nd ring road

Densification of area outside inner ring road

Housing

87,615 public housing unit construction

Industries

Provision of workers housing

Provision of green spaces

Infrastructure

Completion of water connection networks.

Completion of sewage network

Upgradation of STP

1 new WTP at nyari-2

Upgradation of Ganteshwar WTP

Proposed Development plan of Rajkot(2036)