Sabarmati riverfront was conceived on lines of Seine in France, recalls Gujarat first town planner

“I alongwith Bernard Cohen had initially envisaged the urban Sabarmati riverfront to be on the lines of the one at Seine river as Cohen had studied in France. We also had made extensive planning based on data that we gathered on how the water level could remain below 5 feet for all 12 months of the year and also on how the riverfront could be used for boating and entertainment and we also got surplus land allotted for the project. However, years later the project was revived after Narendra Modi took a look at the plans that we had made,” said Jamnadas Patel at the ceremony.