Ahmedabad gets ₹400 crore micro-tunnelled sewer line; 205 Nava Vanjar families get land certificates
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on 28 December 2025 inaugurated Ahmedabad's Western Trunk Line sewer system for about 15 lakh residents, built with micro-tunnelling, and gave land allotment certificates to 205 displaced families of Nava Vanjar village.
Summary
Ahmedabad's Western Trunk Line sewerage system, serving about 15 lakh people in around 4,500 colonies across nine wards, was inaugurated by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on 28 December 2025 at a cost of about ₹400 crore funded through AMRUT, state schemes and the municipal corporation. Shah said the pipes were laid entirely underground with micro-tunnelling technology, which he described as its first use in Asia, so traffic was not disrupted. At the same event, land allotment certificates were given to 205 displaced families of Nava Vanjar village in Ahmedabad, in the presence of Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel.
Key facts
- Date / place
- 28 December 2025, Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
- Project
- Western Trunk Line sewer; ~₹400 crore
- Coverage
- ~15 lakh people, ~4,500 colonies, 9 wards
- Technology
- Micro-tunnelling (pipes laid without surface digging)
- Funding
- AMRUT, Gujarat schemes, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation
- Land
- Certificates to 205 displaced families of Nava Vanjar
Practice MCQs 2 questions
Ahmedabad's Western Trunk Line sewer, inaugurated on 28 December 2025, was laid underground without surface excavation using which technology?
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Correct answer: C — Micro-tunnelling
PIB (Home Affairs): the project used micro-tunnelling, laying pipes entirely underground without surface excavation.
How many displaced families of Nava Vanjar village in Ahmedabad received land allotment certificates on 28 December 2025?
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Correct answer: D — 205
PIB (Home Affairs): land allotment certificates were distributed to 205 families of Nava Vanjar village.