• As commercialization intensified, people began moving out, looking for other accommodation. They began buying apartments elsewhere in the western part of the city. But it was found that many families continued to stay in their old house even though they had their own apartment is the suburbs.
  
  
• The current changes are primarily coming from the pressure of the commercialization of the inner city core. Houses are being converted into shops and offices while traditional houses are erased to pave way for new high rise apartments. Increased commercialization has led to the following problems:
  
  
• traffic volume
• population density
• strained infrastructure resources and capabilities influencing the quality of physical, social and living environment.

The study shows that the pol system had remained more or less static till early 1970s. The study of a particular pol called vadvali pol which is supposed to be 250 years old located in Shahpur area—the central part of the walled city of Ahmeadabad showed the following developments. Initially it was inhabited by Kadva Patel of North and Central Gujarat. When industrialization began they migrated to suburban areas selling their houses in the pols. Jains, Vanik, Parikh, Brahmin came to the pol during this time. The city was growing on the western side. The houses were sold or rented out to families as well as to small businesses.

A settlement of vagri community of daily wage-earners resided in Nagorivad in front of the pol. When the pol area was badly affected during the riots of 1984 outmigration took place and two Vagri families moved into the pol. It was objected by the upper castes but could not be stopped. Again in 1992 curfew and riots paralyzed the area. More outmigration took place and houses were sold at a cheaper rate to the Vagris staying in Nagorivad with the help of the two families in the pol. Gradually the social structure of the pols began to change drastically. As the social characteristics began to change, the new members did not show any interest in the panch. Social cohesion declined and regular in-fighting began to take place.