Gujarat Opens Tenders To Plan Five Satellite Towns Targeting 2030 Urban Upgrade

Overview

• The state has invited national and international urban planners to submit proposals to prepare master plans for five selected towns.
• Sanand, Savli, Kalol, Bardoli and Hirasar have been earmarked as satellite towns located near Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Gandhinagar, Surat and Rajkot.
• Officials outline a two-month window to appoint consultants, a one-year timeline to finalize master plans and a goal of metro-like facilities by 2030.
• Planned features include organized public transport with electric buses, advanced water and waste systems, ring roads, urban forest parks, developed lakes, model fire stations and mixed-use zones.
• Approval and monitoring committees have been constituted to supervise execution as part of the state’s Earning Well–Living Well framework and Gujarat@2047 vision.