Broach developed on the northern bank of the river Narmada, due to abundance of ~ater and good fertile land, which were the principal factors for habitation in pre-historic periods. Due to . proximity of sea, Broach was once a g00d port, the fact which contribut~d to the development of the town. However, with the coming up of Bombay as an iilternational port and the technology of ship building evolving larger and larger v~ssels, the Broach port suffered a set back. Now the main revenue of the town and district is only on tbe cultivation of fields for cotton and tobbaco. The possibility of industrialisation is also rare ,as the town is flanked by Surat on one side and Baroda on the other, where industrial e~tates are fast developing; while Ankleshwar the nearby town is coming up rapidly due to oil and ga’l fields. The only importance of Broach town is that it is the governmental headquarters of the district. It IS fairly covered by jungles yielding good timber. Broach is, therefore, principally a, town covered by the residential structures of the type prevalent before reinfon;ed concrete structures were adopted, with a very, few RCC structures built recently. The photograph, Fig . .1, gives the general idea of the residential structures in the tOWIl.