Sabarmati Ashram Redevelopment Plan: 13 Mar 2024

Key points:

• Mahatma Gandhi built the ashram in 1917. It remained a center for major independence movements.
• Redevelopment Scope:
  • Restoration, conservation, and rebuilding of about half of the 63 original structures.
  • New memorial spread over 55 acres; entire precincts over 322 acres.
  • 20 buildings, including Hriday Kunj and Gandhi Memorial Museum, to be conserved.
  • 13 buildings, like two gaushalas and Sardar Patel’s office, to be restored.
  • Three buildings to be rebuilt including Dehla Puni Kendra and Saat Ordi.

Other features:

• Maintaining simplicity; no entry fees or special treatment for VVIPs.
• Development to use local materials like lime plaster and Valsadi teak, avoiding steel, cement, and concrete.