The Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has unveiled its Draft Budget 2026–27, proposing substantial investments to enhance the city’s beautification, public spaces, and tourism infrastructure, with a major focus on the Sabarmati Riverfront.

The civic body has earmarked around Rs 853 crore for new cultural facilities, upgraded riverfront promenades, gardens, food courts, and tourism-oriented projects along both banks of the river. AMC plans to conduct a feasibility study for the Water Metro with a provision of Rs one crore, exploring water-based transport options along the Sabarmati. An Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre near Tagore Hall Plaza on the western bank has been allocated Rs 258 crore. Extensive development along a 10-km stretch, including roads, upper promenades, and supporting infrastructure from Sadar Bazaar to Indira Bridge on the eastern bank and Railway Bridge to Indira Bridge on the western bank, is budgeted at Rs 176 crore.

Additional allocations include Rs 100 crore for riverside eateries and food courts, Rs 100 crore for Riverfront Phase-3 extension up to the Narmada Canal, and Rs 100 crore for the construction of an active middle promenade. AMC Commissioner said, “These initiatives aim to transform the Sabarmati Riverfront into a world-class public and cultural space.”