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Open air market spread in 32,000 sq mt between Ellisbridge and Sardar bridge

would operate on weekdays, like the Delhi Haat.

Shopping for antique pieces and second-hand books from Ravivari is all set to be an

organised experience. No more vehicular traffic jams on the main road oroverflowing drainage lines and sufferings of elbow-hits from fellow shoppers, owing

to congested lanes of Ravivari bazaar. Sometime soon, on reaching Ravivari

Bazaar, you would get designated parking space and browse through specially

designed areas for vendors to find your antique pieces, second-hand books or

furniture!

Your shopping experience is sure to double when you learn that, the new open

shopping plaza at Ravivari would have the city's heritage, Fort Wall as a back drop

and be situated just behind landmark, Gaikwad Haveli. Finally, after much furore of

uprooting hundreds of vendors who survived on the Ravivari bazaar, also known as

Ravivari or Gujari Bazaar, which was traditionally operational on the riverbed near

Ellisbridge, has got a new home, not far from its traditional area, on the Sabarmati

riverbed. The Sabarmati Riverfront Development Corporation Limited (SRFDCL) has

decided to house Ravivari in a plot spread across 32,000 square metres behind

Gaikwad Haveli, between Ellisbridge and Sardar bridge.

"The new Ravivari market would spread across a wider area than it currently has.Currently, denizens can shop from Ravivari, an informal market, only once a week.

But the specially designated area would have provisions to run the informal market

throughout the week. Against the popular notion, that SRFDCL would uproot

hundreds of vendors and snatch away their bread and butter, we would provide a

bigger area to accommodate more number of vendors than its current capacity,"

director of SRFDCL and MP, Surendra Patel told DNA.

Importantly, SRFDCL has kept provisions of allotting around 16,500 square metres

of space to park atleast 3,000 two-wheelers on either sides of the market. The open

market would also have drinking water facility, wash rooms, information kiosks and

comfortable seating.

The market has been designed to be used as a multi-purpose space,

accommodating vendors on Sunday and seasonal markets and other kinds of

organised vending facilities on a day-to-day basis. The open air market will also have

trade fair facilities, separate service lane to avoid congestion and a clear demarcated

pedestrian space. The market located near the Fort Wall will also give access tolower promenades, with stairs down to the Sabarmati River.

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