Pre-Feasibility Report

for

Proposed Construction project of

“Santnagari”

at

Survey No. 1439, Near Dharoi Dam, Village Mahor,

Taluka Vadali, District Sabarkantha,
Gujarat

By

Gujarat Pavitra Yatradham Vikas Board

(By Govt. of Gujarat)
Block No. 6, Second Floor
Jivaraj Mehta Bhavan,
Gandhinagar-382010
 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE REPORT
The proposed tourism development project of “Santnagari” will be established at Survey No. 1439, Near
Dharoi Dam Village Mahor, District Sabarkantha, Gujarat. The proposed project will be constructed on the
Govt. owned land, with a total built up area of approx 1,12,160 sq.mt of area.

Gujarat has one of the most revered spiritual destinations in India. The temples of Ambaji, Somnath,
Dwarka, Palitana, Girnar, and Dakor attract pilgrims from India and abroad. Religious tourist accounts for
more than one third of the tourist foot falls in the State.

The Santnagari Project was conceptualized as a mega interpretation center for the life and living of the great
saints of India. Santnagari shall exhibit the teachings of the Saints across time, layers of history, religion
and region, forming a project of international peace, harmony and enlightenment. The underlying vision of
Santnagari is to create an opportunity and forum to expose people to the life and lessons of the great saints
of India.

Eventually this will act as a physical model of enlightenment as well as guide for basic ethics of life to
Indians as well as foreigners.

PROJECT COST
Project cost of the proposed development project would be around Rs. 157.61 crores.

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROJECT

Land: Around 114.09 hectors (11,40,900 sq.mt.) barren land will be utilized for the proposed tourism
development project.

Water: During construction phase approx 100 KLD water will be utilized for the domestic purpose and for
construction activities. This will be sourced from Dharoi dam near the project site. During Operational
Phase water requirement is assumed on the basis of visitors to be visited the Santnagari i.e. Peak traffic
season, Average traffic season and minimum traffic season so water requirement according to these seasons
will be around 3,170 KLD, 536 KLD and 245 KLD respectively for Domestic purpose only, this will be
sourced from Dharoi dam.

Electrical Energy: During Operational Phase total power requirement will be 25MW (Multiple of 500 to
750 KVA in different location). Power supply shall be met from Uttar Gujarat Vij Company Limited
(UGVCL). In case of power failure, and D. G. Set 3 MW, 250 KVA and 500 KVA will be provided.

WASTE WATER GENERATION AND ITS TREATMENT:

During construction phase 35 KLD waste water will be generated which will be treated in Proposed STP.

During Operational Phase domestic waste water will be generated, which is assumed on the basis of
persons/saints to be visited the Santnagari i.e. Peak traffic season, Average traffic season and minimum
traffic season so waste water generation will be around 2,536 KLD, 429 KLD and 196 KLD which will be
treated in STP and reused for gardening and flushing purpose.

SOLID WASTE GENERATION AND ITS DISPOSAL METHOD

Solid waste collection, segregation and disposal system will be developed and followed.

GREEN BELT DEVELOPMENT

Green Belt shall be developed as per the layout entire project will be environment friendly with maximum
greenery through plantation.
 INDEX
CHAPTER
CONTENT
NO.
1 Introduction of the project
2 Project description
3 Site analysis
4 Planning brief
5 Proposed infrastructure
6 Rehabilitation and resettlement (R & R) plan
7 Project schedule & cost estimates
 CHAPTER – 1
INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT
1.1 IDENTIFICATION OF PROJECT AND PROJECT PROPONENT

The proposed tourism development project will be established by Gujarat Pavitra Yatradham Vikas
Board (GPYVB). They are the custodian of the religious tourism in the State. They undertake planning,
maintenance & development related works. This Board was constituted in the year 1995. This Board was
associated with Gujarat Tourism Corporation Ltd. initially and became independent from the year 1999.

Proposed project will be having below mentioned facilities with capacities:

A. Sant Areas:
Nos. of Total land area
Description Unit Land area (sq. mt)
Saint (sq. mt)
Sant Pavilion-A type 80 2,500 2,00,000
Sant Pavilion-B type 166 1,200 1,99,200
Sant Pavilion-C type 333 500 1,66,500
Sant Pavilion-D type 1,000 20 20,000
Total 4,220 5,85,700

B. Residential Building/Infrastructure:
Nos. of Total land area
Description Unit Land area (sq. mt)
Building (sq. mt)
Guest House(50 Rooms) (G+2) 1 2,000 2,000
Admin complex (G+1) 1 3,000 3,000
Total 5,000 5,000

C. Special Infrastructures
Nos. of Total land area
Description Unit Land area (sq. mt)
Building (sq. mt)
Cave construction 40 600 24,000
Stone carving (3mt*2mt) 200 50 10,000
Inscription (5mt*2mt) (Story
33 100 3,300
telling)
Divine element (7mt*7mt) (Land) 200 200 40,000
Total 49,000 77,300

D. Common facilities
Nos. of Total land area
Description Unit Land area (sq. mt)
Building (Sq. mt)
Food court, Toilets, Rest room,
Public lounge, First aid, Fire 1 2,500 2,500
station, Etc.
Road, Parking, Substations, UGR,
1 1,00,000 1,00,000
OHR, Gardens, Water tanks, Etc.
Total 1,02,500 1,02,500

1.2 DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT

Santnagari was conceptualized by Shri Narendra Modi during his tenure of Chief Minister of Gujarat. He
envisaged it as a world class museum depicting the lives and teaching of the famous saints of India. The
project site has been identified at Mahor village in Sabarkantha District. The project is being implemented
by the Gujarat Pavitra Yatra Dham Vikas Board.

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1.3 NEED FOR THE PROJECT
1. To create awareness about our cultural heritage.
2. To propagate the message of the great saints of India, across geography, religion and time.
3. To develop a world class Spiritual Tourism Site in a format that is attractive to the younger
generation as well as international visitors. Santnagari is expected to attract both tourists and
researchers.
4. To create a center of pilgrimage to preserve, promote and tell the world about India's high tradition of
'Live and Let Live'.
5. To induce development and employment opportunities in the Sabarkantha are through this Mega
Tourism Project.

1.4 EMPLOYMENT GENERATION

Being a tourism development project it will create direct and indirect employment generation in large
numbers. During construction phase around 100 personnel will be required. Santnagari is essentially a
spiritual tourism project. During peak days it is expected to attract ~65,000 visitors while there will be
~1,625 residents/staff/overnight visitors in the facility.

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 CHAPTER – 2
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
2.1 TYPE OF PROJECT
Gujarat has one of the most revered spiritual destinations in India. The temples of Ambaji, Somnath,
Dwarka, Palitana, Girnar, and Dakor attract pilgrims from India and abroad. Religious tourist accounts for
more than one third of the tourist footfalls in the State.

2.2 LOCATION OF THE PROJECT WITH COORDINATES

The latitude and longitude of the proposed project site are mentioned below:
CODE LATITUDE LONGITUDE
A 23°58'48.88"N 72°52'11.95"E
B 23°59'3.36"N 72°51'46.56"E
C 23°58'19.76"N 72°51'35.04"E

FIGURE-1 GENERAL LOCATION OF THE PROJECT

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2.3 SELECTION OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT SITE
The proposed project is for the tourism development along with cultural heritage display and transferring
culture to future generations. The proposed project site is suitable for a disturbance free environment for
Saints to do meditations. Moreover, the selected site is between Ahmedabad and Ambaji/Abu Road for
better road connectivity for pilgrimages.

2.4 SIZE OF OPERATION

Total built up area will be approx 1,12,160 sq.mt., out of these 2 residential buildings, 473 special
infrastructures and 2 common facilities will be developed.

2.5 RAW MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS

Construction materials i.e. cement reinforced steel, sand, Coarse Aggregate, bricks etc. will be procured
from the local market as per requirements. Approximate Quantities are mentioned below table:

TABLE-2 RAW MATERIALS REQUIREMENT

SR. MODE OF
ITEM QUANTITY UNITS
NO. TRANSPORTATION
1 Cement 3,93,573 50 kg Bags Trucks
2 Sand 14, 12,518 CFT. Trucks
3 Coarse aggregate 6,15,712 CFT. Trucks
4 Reinforced steel 9,65,824 kg Trucks
5 Bricks 3,48,17,955 Nos. Trucks

2.6 AVAILABILITY OF WATER AND ITS SOURCE & POWER REQUIREMENT AND ITS
SOURCE
2.6.1 WATER REQUIREMENT AND ITS SOURCE
Dharoi dam will be the main source of water supply for construction and operation. During construction
phase 100 KLD water will be required. Operational Phase water requirement is assumed on the basis of
visitors to be visited the Santnagari i.e. Peak traffic season, Average traffic season and minimum traffic
season. So water requirement according to these seasons will be around 3,170 KLD, 536 KLD and 245
KLD respectively for domestic purpose only.

2.6.2 POWER REQUIREMENT AND ITS SOURCE

During Construction total power requirement will be 1000 KVA (Multiple of 50 to 70 KW in different
location) and source will be Uttar Gujarat Vij Company Limited (UGVCL). In case of power failure 500
KVA, 50 KVA and 75 KVA D. G. Set will be provided.

During Operational Phase total power requirement will be 25MW (Multiple of 500 to 750 KVA in different
location). Power supply shall be met from Uttar Gujarat Vij Company Limited (UGVCL). In case of power
failure, D. G. Set 3 MW, 250 KVA and 500 KVA of D. G. Set will be provided.

2.7 QUANTITY OF WASTES TO BE GENERATED AND THEIR DISPOSAL

During construction phase 35 KLD waste water will be generated which will be treated in Proposed STP.

During Operational Phase domestic waste water shall be generated, which is assumed on the basis of
visitors to be visited the Santnagari i.e. Peak traffic season, Average traffic season and minimum traffic
season so waste water generation will be around 2,536 KLD, 429 KLD and 196 KLD which will be treated
in STP and reused for gardening and flushing purpose. Solid waste collection, segregation and disposal
system will be developed and followed.

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 CHAPTER – 3
SITE ANALYSIS
3.1 CONNECTIVITY
Transportation facilities to access various markets are readily available. Both skilled and unskilled labours
are easily available in the area. The proposed selected site is well connected with developed roads. Pilgrims
and visitors who visit Ambaji or Abu road can visit the Santnagari.

3.1.1 Road Connectivity

NH-76A is around 16 km in East direction from the proposed project site.

3.1.2 Rail
The Area is well connected by Railway. From proposed project Taranga hill railway station is located at
approximately 16 km in WSW direction.

3.1.3 Airport
The nearest airport is Mehsana, which is at 64 km from the proposed site in SW direction.

3.1.4 Communication
The site has telephone, internet and mobile connectivity.

3.2 LAND USE AND LAND OWNERSHIP

The facilities to be built will be on the barren land earmarked for this project.

3.3 LAND USE PATTERN

Land area for the proposed project is barren land and it is hilly area. The area location about 60 km
northeast of Cambay basin and is covered by rocks and 2-5m thick layer of soil in the foothill part. Granite
hard rocks are exposed near the surface. The Project area falls within the hilly portion and comprises of the
southern extremity of the Aravalli range. Topographically, the study area is quite rugged with granitic
hillocks and having elevation between 170 m to 350 m from mean sea level. Broadly, it’s Western, northern
and eastern portions are hilly, while the southern portion forms flat low ground

3.4 SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE

The following are the infrastructure facilities available and distance from site is given in the following
table:

TABLE-4 DETAILS OF SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE

SR.
PARTICULAR DISTANCE
NO.
1. Hospital
2. Colleges Present within 15
3. School km radius.
4. Temple

3.5 SOIL CLASSIFICATION

The drainage of the project area is evidently controlled by the lithology and the structure of the rocks. The
general slope of the ground is southwesterly and is indicated by the flow of the various streams (Sabarmati
River) and streamlets practically all of which flow from northeast to southwest. The soil surrounding the
project area is of a sandy loam variety of pink colour, formed by the decomposition and disintegration of
the granitic rocks. The Sendra-Ambaji granite is exposed in the major portion of the project. In general the
granite is grey to pink color coarse grained and porphyritic in nature and phenocrysts are mostly of
microcline. These phenocrysts are almost anhedral in shape and range in size from a few cm to about 6 cm
in length. In hand specimen, the rocks are characterized by large feldspar phenocrysts, anhedral quartz and
patchy mafic minerals.

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 CHAPTER – 4
PLANNING BRIEF
4.1 PLANNING CONCEPT
The proposed tourism development project will be established on the basis of Saints and required
infrastructural facilities related to them.

4.2 POPULATION PROJECTION

During construction period approximately 100 nos. of manpower will be required per day. Santnagari is
essentially a spiritual tourism project. During peak days it is expected to attract ~65,000 visitors while there
will be ~1,625 residents/staff/overnight visitors in the facility.

4.3 LAND USE PLANNING

For the proposed project Green Belt area will be developed at boundaries and all around project site.
Detailed land use breakup mentioned in the below mentioned table:

Table-4.1 Details of Land Use Breakup

NO. PARTICULAR AREA (SQ. M.)
1 Plot / Land Area 11,40,900
2 Built-up Area 1,12,160
3 FSI Area 5,13,405
4 Ground Coverage area 1,71,135
5 Common plot area 2,28,180
6 Green belt area 3,76,497

4.4 ASSESSMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE DEMAND

The proposed project site is in rural area which is more than 100 km from the Ahmedabad city. Ahmedabad
is one of the fastest growing cities in India with a population in 2010, nearly the double of that in 2001.

For the proposed developmental project, road, electricity, water, manpower, transportation vehicles,
construction equipment and machineries are primarily required.

For the proposed project following infrastructures are planned:

Cave construction, Stone carving, Inscription (Story telling), Divine element, Food court, toilets, rest room,
public lounge, first aid, Fire station, Road, parking, substations, UGR, OHR, Gardens, Water tanks, etc.

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 CHAPTER – 5
PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE

5.1 RESIDENTIAL AREA

The proposed tourism development project of “Santnagari” is having inclusive of residential facilities of
land area as below:

Table-5.1 Residential Building/Infrastructure

Nos. of Total land area
Description Unit Land area (sq. mt)
Building (sq. mt)
Guest House(50 Rooms) (G+2) 1 2,000 2,000
Admin complex (G+1) 1 3,000 3,000
Total 5,000 5,000

Table-5.2 Details of Units

Sr. Total land
Type of units
No. area (sq.mt.)
1 Sant Areas 5,85,700
2 Residential Building/Infrastructure 5,000
3 Special Infrastructures 77,300
4 Common facilities 1,02,500

5.2 GREEN BELT

For the proposed project Green Belt area near the boundary and road side will been developed.

5.4 CONNECTIVITY
The proposed project site is having connectivity with the road, railway and air.

5.5 DRINKING WATER SOURCE

The main source of water will be supplied from Dharoi dam near to the project site.

5.6 SEWERAGE SYSTEM

Waste water generated from the proposed project will be treated in proposed STP and treated water will be
reused in gardening and flushing purpose.

5.7 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

The solid waste management is one of the key considerations in the area. Solid waste collection,
segregation and disposal system will be developed and followed. Composting facility will be developed.

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 CHAPTER – 6

REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT (R & R) PLAN

The proposed project will be developed on barren land. No acquisition is being done for the proposed
project. There is no human population on the barren land, so there is no need of Rehabilitation &
Resettlement plan.

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 CHAPTER – 7
PROJECT SCHEDULE & COST ESTIMATES

7.1 PROJECT SCHEDULE

Implementation of Project within a pre-determined time frame is an important factor for the success of a
project. Timely implementation saves on various costs like interest, administrative overheads and helps to
realize the goals as per pre-determined objectives. Implementation of Project involves co-ordination of
different activities at various levels of the firm and amongst different outside agencies. The Project
Implementation details are as below:

TABLE-7 PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE

Year Mar-17 Aug 17 Feb-18 Aug 18 Feb-19 Aug 19 Feb-20 Aug 20 Feb-21 Aug 21
Aug 17 Feb 18 Aug 18 Feb19 Aug 19 Feb 20 Aug 20 Feb 21 Aug21 Feb 22
Phase
Phase
1

Phase
2

Phase
3

7.2 ESTIMATED PROJECT COST

Cost of the construction project was approx Rs. 157.61 crores.

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