The Waterfront project will depend on Narmada river Sabarmati to survive because the river may not have much water left in less than 40 years, according to a study by professors at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A). Predicting the state of Gujarat, as the water shortage in the near future, the study warns of water from the Sabarmati river basin can be reduced by up to 70 percent in 2050 causing an absolute shortage of water in river basins under .

“Indeed, the Sabarmati Riverfront Development Corporation Ltd. does not depend on the uninterrupted supply of water from the Narmada in the future as SRFDCL no formal agreement with the Sardar Sarovar Nigam Ltd, the body that governs the use of Narmada water to provide water to the river, “says the study.

According to the study, with an average annual rainfall in the catchment area of ​​Narmada to reduce the same 229 mm so far, and the annual flow of the river surface, down 3.4 percent. Project on the river in Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has an estimated cost of Rs 1170 crore.

Prem Pangotra teachers, PR Shukla and Pathak Minal who conducted the study say that these facts could be bad news for those who can invest in properties or businesses near the banks of the expected high performance. “For them, the value of your investment and profits depends on the availability of water in the river,” they say.

Addressing the problem of water shortages that arise in the Sabarmati River, the IIMA study, said, “When the project was commissioned, the information to assess risks such as climate change was less well known. When the present project was cleared the environment impact assessment (EIA) did not include effects of climate change. Recent advances emphasize that climate change could threaten water availability in rivers alarming. ”

The study says that the demographic pressure is increasing water demand, water shortages in the state of Gujarat. It projects that the flow of water in all major rivers in the space significantly reduces the enormous competitive pressure on water sources.