Smart City Dholera SIR - A New Digital World

Dholera is a town situated in Ahmedabad district in the Gulf of Khambhat. Strategically located, the Ahmedabad-Dholera industrial region lies within 100 km from Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) in Southern Gujarat.

The Smart City Dholera had been a flourishing port in Gujarat with a prosperous trade till early 18th century. The state government is planning to develop it as a Special Investment Region (SIR) , the first in Gujarat. The Dholera Special Investment Region (DSIR) is a part of the Delhi – Mumbai Industrial Corridor close to key cities in Gujarat. This will be a self-governed economic region enjoying full support of the government and full potential for private sector participation. The project is close to the Gujarat International Finance City (GIFT) and will offer the most modern of amenities to residents and industries as well as extensive green spaces, tourism options and clean energy and environmental planning.

Opportunities in Dholera include

·         To build the industrial parks, townships, knowledge cities

·     Building infrastructure: road, rail, hospital, water, sanitation, tourism, and hospitality Set up the metro rail system & international airport

·         Potential for development as a multi-modal transportation hub due to lesser distance to all the northern Indian States.

·         Build world class transport service foreign markets

The vision is to develop Dholera Land Investment Region as global manufacturing and trading hub supported by world-class infrastructure. Under the provisions of the Gujarat SIR Act, 2009, the authority is preparing town planning schemes. The scope of work includes: Preparation of the Conceptual Draft Town Planning Scheme, Preparation of the Draft Town Planning Scheme up to owners meet, Publication of Draft Town Planning Scheme, Submission of the Draft Town Planning Scheme for sanction. Demarcation & Implementation of Sanctioned Draft TPS Road.