Summary:
With growing traffic, the 76-km Sardar Patel Ring Road, which encircles Ahmedabad city, would be widened from the existing four lanes to six lanes, at an estimated expenditure of Rs 200 crore. The ring road's concessionaire, Ahmedabad Ring Road Infrastructure Limited (ARRIL), had written to Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA) offering to bear total cost of the road widening project. Curve AheadThe ring road’s concessionaire, ARRIL, had written to AUDA offering to bear total cost of the road widening project. The Authority's board, however, accepted the request to name two circles on the ring road after Vishnubhai Patel, the founder of ARRIL's parent company Sadbhav Engineering, who passed away recently. In return, it sought extension of its concessionaire agreement, which is slated to end on December 31, 2026, by three-and-a-half years..