The Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA) has halted construction of a water treatment plant in Jaspur after spending more than ₹20 crore, with the site now earmarked for an international-standard sports complex, The Times of India reported on 8 September 2026 (The Times of India). The decision reverses work that had already begun on a ₹150 crore treatment plant intended to feed villages along the SP Ring Road and SG Highway.
Key takeaways
- AUDA halted work at the Jaspur water treatment plant site after spending more than ₹20 crore, according to a report published 8 September 2026 (The Times of India).
- The full project value of the cancelled plant was ₹150 crore, with work order already issued and construction underway (The Times of India).
- The new site is 78,000 sq m across Final Plot Nos. 38 and 513 under TP Scheme No. 229 (Jaspur-Khodiyar), and a formal proposal will be sent to the state government (The Times of India).
- AUDA is also implementing a separate ₹240 crore Jal Jeevan Mission pipeline project to bring drinking water to villages along the SP Ring Road, with the now-scrapped Jaspur plant intended to feed 55 western villages (The Times of India).
- Sources told the paper that initiating and completing the relocated plant will take three to four years (The Times of India).
What happened
The plant was sited adjacent to the Shantigram township in Jaspur, with a pipeline network planned to carry potable water to AUDA-governed villages along the SP Ring Road and SG Highway (The Times of India). AUDA approved the project last year, issued the work order, and construction had begun before the cancellation (The Times of India).
"Auda had approved the project only last year. Work order had been issued and construction had begun. After spending more than Rs 20 crore, Auda abruptly cancelled it. There are now plans to build a international-standard sports complex on a public-private partnership (PPP) model," an unnamed official told the paper (The Times of India). A source in the urban body added: "The tendering process for the initial project took six months. Now, the work has been halted all of a sudden. A relocation has been planned which means that the funds spent so far have gone to waste. Re-tendering for the new plot is expected to result in higher costs compared to the original tender" (The Times of India).
Figures and next steps
| Item | Reported figure |
|---|---|
| Total cancelled plant value | ₹150 crore |
| Amount already spent before halt | More than ₹20 crore |
| Jal Jeevan Mission pipeline project (separate) | ₹240 crore |
| New plant plot area | 78,000 sq m (Final Plot Nos. 38 and 513, TP Scheme No. 229, Jaspur-Khodiyar) |
| Relocation timeline (source estimate) | Three to four years |
| Comparable AUDA plant at Telav, Sanand | Built for ₹20 crore, non-operational for over a decade |
AUDA's proposal before its board authorises suspending construction, building the plant on the new plot, and forwarding a formal proposal to the state government on offsetting the relocation costs and on developing the sports complex on a PPP basis at the original site (The Times of India). AUDA executive engineer (east zone) Ankit Jadavala said: "Currently, I do not have any detail regarding this" (The Times of India).
Specification read
The source reports only the contract value (₹150 crore) and the rural drinking-water service area — 55 villages along the SP Ring Road and SG Highway — and does not state a design flow in MLD, a population equivalent, or a raw-water quality (The Times of India). On the reported capex alone, a 50–150 MLD potable-water facility is a typical sizing for a multi-village urban-fringe supply, which converts to roughly 50,000–150,000 m³/day (general industry range, not from the sources). The treatment train for that class of municipal surface-water plant is conventional: screening and grit removal → coagulation, flocculation and sedimentation (or DAF for low-turbidity, high-algal raw water) → filtration → disinfection, with an activated-sludge or MBR biological stage added if blended sewage-strength water is in the mix. This event bears on the front end of that train — siting, civil works and pipeline tie-ins — not on the process units, because the decision is a relocation before commissioning. If your enquiry looks like a 50–150 MLD (≈50,000–150,000 m³/day) greenfield municipal plant feeding 50+ villages, with BOD under 30 mg/L in the blended feed and a compliance driver tied to Jal Jeevan Mission service-delivery deadlines, a site change of this kind directly lengthens your delivery window and inflates the per-MLD capex; the new tender, retendered from scratch, is the figure a procurement lead should track. Comparable builds relevant to plant managers weighing treatment-train options sit on the Municipal product hub, and side-by-side clarifier-vs-DAF guidance for a related metals-plant decision is in this DAF vs Clarifier for Fabricated Metals Wastewater in Fyffe, AL (2026) brief.
FAQ
What was the headline cost of the halted AUDA plant?
The project was approved at ₹150 crore, of which more than ₹20 crore had been spent before AUDA suspended work, according to a report published 8 September 2026 (The Times of India). Re-tendering at the new 78,000 sq m plot is expected to cost more than the original tender (The Times of India).
How long will the relocated plant take to deliver?
Sources cited in the report put the total timeline to initiate and complete the relocated water treatment plant at three to four years (The Times of India). The original tendering cycle alone took six months (The Times of India). For a comparable greenfield municipal scheme, three to five years from sanction to commissioning is a common range (general industry range, not from the sources).
What is the new plot, and where will the plant actually be built?
AUDA's board proposal relocates the plant to a 78,000 sq m parcel across Final Plot Nos. 38 and 513 under TP Scheme No. 229 (Jaspur-Khodiyar), nearer to the AMC-run treatment plant also in Jaspur (The Times of India). A formal proposal will go to the state government for a final call (The Times of India).
Which villages were depending on the Jaspur plant for drinking water?
The plant was to feed 55 villages along the SP Ring Road in AUDA's western zone, as part of a separate ₹240 crore Jal Jeevan Mission pipeline project (The Times of India). The relocation is expected to delay that supply, sources said (The Times of India).
