Gujarat’s revenue department released a draft of revised land rates for the state on Wednesday. The most significant proposed increase was in Ahmedabad’s Bodakdev area, where land rates for plots could rise sixfold.

Ahmedabad received an average 88mm of rain by 8pm Monday, while rainfall in the 24 hours ending 6am was 43mm; the seasonal tally reached 82%. More than 100 locations reported knee-deep water, generating 64 waterlogging complaints. Flooded areas included Sindhu Bhavan Road, Judges Bungalow Road, SG Highway Service Road, 132 Feet Ring Road, Vastrapur Lake-to-Himalaya Mall stretch and Helmet Circle. Rainfall totals included Sarkhej 144mm, Vatva 143mm, Bopal 135mm, Jodhpur 123mm, Bodakdev and Dudheshwar 119mm each, and Maninagar 101mm. AMC received 23 complaints about fallen trees and two about dangerous structures. Of 89 complaints, 34 were addressed and work on the others began. Underpasses were shut, pumps deployed and Vasna barrage gates opened.

The Realty & Beyond Summit in Ahmedabad will examine residential demand, premiumisation, affordability, redevelopment, and commercial growth. Topics include the Ahmedabad–Gandhinagar–GIFT City corridor, Ahmedabad Master Plan 2041, Dholera’s industrial and semiconductor ecosystem, and Gujarat’s GCC Policy 2025–30 and its implications for Grade A offices and job creation.

Sessions will discuss demand across Gujarat, including Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot, and office corridors including GIFT City, SG Highway, Vaishnodevi, Sindhu Bhavan Road, Bodakdev, Ashram Road, Motera and Gandhinagar. The agenda also covers Metro Phase II, airport expansion, institutional and diaspora capital, and Ganesh Housing’s Million Minds Tech City.

Ahmedabad’s 4.01-km elevated corridor between Sanand and ISCON junction on SG Highway, costing ₹500 crore, is expected to open to vehicles on July 1. It is designed to ease congestion at YMCA, Prahladnagar and Karnavati Club junctions, where 1.5–2 lakh vehicles travel daily, and cut peak-hour journeys by about 10 minutes. The closed road between YMCA Club and Karnavati Club is due to reopen June 1, after about eight months of disruption.

Initially, only the main elevated stretch will open. Ramps connecting Prahladnagar, YMCA and Karnavati Club are still under construction. Sanand-to-ISCON traffic can use the flyover; vehicles going to those local areas must use the service road. Drivers entering the flyover cannot exit midway and must continue to ISCON. The National Highways Authority is accelerating work as traffic-police approvals for diversions are valid only until May 31.

The corridor links Sanand’s industrial belt with Ahmedabad and is expected to improve access to western Ahmedabad’s residential, office and retail areas. Its full impact depends on completion of the ramps and local access systems.

Five decades after the 1973 Sabarmati floods displaced families from Nava Vanzar village, Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah distributed land ownership certificates to 173 rehabilitated residents on December 28, 2025. Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel was present at the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation event in Gandhinagar.

Shah inaugurated the Western Trunk Main Line project, a drainage initiative addressing sewage and wastewater problems in western and south-western Ahmedabad. The project involves reinforced cement concrete pipelines with diameters of 1,200 mm to 1,800 mm at an estimated cost of ₹400 crore. It will serve nearly 15 lakh residents and areas including Gota, Chandlodia, Science City, South Bopal, Bhadaj, Hebatpur, Thaltej, Bopal-Ghuma, Bodakdev, Vejalpur, Sarkhej, Maktampura, Mahmadpura, Fatehwadi, Shantipura and Sanathal.

Total civic projects inaugurated were valued at ₹330 crore. Patel said the urban development budget was increased by 40% to ₹30,000 crore and 2025 is being observed as Urban Development Year. Initiatives include Miyawaki forests and oxygen parks in Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency.