Dholera SIR

Know About Dholera City

Dholera is situated in Ahmedabad district in the Gulf of Khambhat Dholera is in proximity with the coastal line. It is covered by water faces on three sides, namely, on the east face by Gulf of Khambhat, on the north side by Bavaliari creek and on southern side by Sonaria creek.

Proximity to Ahmedabad has provided Dholera a strong location advantage with a vibrant manufacturing base and investment scenario The project is spread over an area of 35,000 hectares. The processing area which is proposed is 14,000 hectares and rest is non- processing zone.

The City covers a substantial area of land totalling to approximately 920 sq km and encompasses 19 villages of Dhandhuka Taluka and 3 villages of Barwala Taluka; total 22 villages of Ahmedabad District, making it the largest of the investment nodes proposed so far in the DMIC influence region. The site is strategically situated between the main industrial centres of Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot and Bhavnagar. It is linked to the major ports of Gujarat by State Highways but as yet has no direct rail connection. The nearest international airport is at Ahmedabad, although there is a current proposal to develop a new international airport to the north-east of the DSIR at Navagam Village. The existing population within the study area is only about 37,000 (census 2001), inhabiting small settlements. Agriculture is the principal land use and activity within the area, although the land is generally of poor quality and saline, especially close to the sea, and farm output is not high. Land values are therefore relatively low.

NH 8 connects the Dholera SIR with Ahmedabad, Bhavnagar and Mumbai. Dholera itself has good connectivity with NH 8 (Anand) and 8A (Bagodra), augmenting Bagodra -Bhavnagar, Bagodra- Surendranagar- Radhanpur links.

As a part of Golden Quadrilateral, the 500 km Mumbai- Ahmedabad- Vadodara Express way connects the region.

In order to make the region more assessable, an airport and a port are proposed in this region.

The port site is proposed to be connected by road with Ahmedabad – Bhavnagar highway at a distance of about 11 kilometers. Almost 2,057 hectares of Government land was allocated for the development of port site.

Rail connection is being planned for Dholera, while the nearest meter gauge connection is Bhavnagar (34 km) and the nearest broad gauge station is Tarapur (103 km).

The land use is allocated based upon twelve spatial planning principles:

Creation of a compact city;
Integration of land uses;
Accessibility of industrial zones;
Focus of the city internally away from the central expressway, which will only have limited access;
Separation of industrial and city traffic;
Provision for a high quality public transport system;
Development of a poly-centric structure that has a number of commercial and community nodes;
Integration of existing villages into the new city;
Conservation of the better agricultural land;
Protection of the CRZ;
Development of a strong landscape strategy; and
A phased development programmer that allows optimized investment.

A total of about 11,661 ha land area is allocated for industrial and logistics use in a number of linked mega parks, all of which have excellent access to the road and rail networks. In addition to the traditional industrial sectors, substantial additional land is allocated for knowledge based activities such as universities and research centers, bringing the total land area allocated for the economic sectors to over 12,891 ha. Additionally, about 12,000ha of agriculture land is allocated for future development.

Brief About Dholera SIR - Special Investment Region..

Dholera Airport is an approved airport in Gujarat India. The greenfield airport will be built near Navagam in the Dholera taluka of Ahmedabad district. The project site is spread over on 1,426 hectares near village Navagam in Dholera taluka (Earlier it was in Dhandhuka Taluka), about 80 kilometers from Ahmedabad and around 20 kilometres from the Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR). The state government has formed Dholera International Airport Company Ltd (DIACL) as a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for development of the airport. Work on the airport is expected to begin in the 2019, and it is expected to be operational by 2022. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the State Government in January 2019 for the construction of airport.

Smart City Dholera is Best Investment For You!

Greenfield International Airport

Metro Rail Project

Dholera Metro Rail Project. A proposal to develop a high speed metro rail that shall pass through Ahmedabad-Dholera-Gandhinagar was submitted under the DMIC master plan. This elevated metro project shall be built in two phases spanning 61.55 kilometers and 38.45 kilometers respectively. The first phase shall connect Ahmedabad to Gandhinagar and the second phase shall connect Ahmedabad to Dholera. Since the project is supposed to have a long gestation period, it has been put on fast track by the state government and is one amongst the early bird projects. Gandhinagar-Ahmedabad-Dholera project was included in the master plan for DMIC and approved by the authorities. A special purpose vehicle (SPV) (with initial paid up capital of Rs. 10 crore) shall oversee the development of this project and shall be under complete ownership of Government of Gujarat.

International Seaport

The residents of Lothal, an Indus Valley settlement in Gujarat, lived a prosperous life, dealing in gold, jewellery and shipbuilding. The port town is a milestone in ancient Indian history, but, today, the only remnants of the once prosperous community are brick walls and a few precious beads in a museum.Dholera Port And Special Economic Zone Limited is a Public incorporated on 31 August 1998. It is classified as Non-govt Company and is registered at Registrar of Companies, Ahmedabad. Its authorized share capital is Rs. 50,000,000 and its paid up capital is Rs. 16,057,000.It is involved in Building of complete constructions or parts thereof; civil engineering.

Black Buck Sanctuary

Blackbuck (Velavadar) National Park – complete detail – updated. Dominant flora and fauna of Blackbuck (Velavadar) National Park. Geography of Blackbuck (Velavadar) National Park. How to reach Blackbuck National park. This is a unique National Park with exclusive grassland habitat, shrub lands, saline plains and mud flats. The park lies between two rivers namely Parvalia and Alang, which drain into the Gulf of Cambay. Blackbuck (Velavadar) National Park is a beautiful place, located in the Bhavnagar district of the state of Gujarat. The sanctuary has been declared primarily for saving the blackbucks. The migratory birds from Central Asia, Siberia and Europe land here during winter season to escape from the extreme weather. A small wetland in the southern part of the Park attracts birds like pelicans, flamingoes, ducks, waders, coots, white storks, painted storks and sarus cranes etc. The Park is a heaven for demoiselle cranes, common cranes and a variety of raptors including certag spotted eagles and steppe eagles..

Kalpasar Dam

The Kalpasar Project envisages building a 30 km dam across the Gulf of Khambat in India for establishing a huge fresh water reservoir for irrigation, drinking and industrial purposes. A 10 lane road link will also be set up over the dam, greatly reducing the distance between Saurashtra and South Gujarat. On implementation of Kalpasar project the fisheries development will take place both in fresh as well as salt-water lakes. The project provides for infrastructure investment to support two large major Carps hatcheries. The aims at the creation of a fresh water reservoir in the Gulf of Khambhat by the construction of a dam connecting the east and west bank of the Gulf. In the reservoir the runoff from Sabarmati, Mahi, Dhadar and Narmada will be stored, together with the waters from the Saurashtra rivers discharging into the Gulf of Khambhat.

Thermal Power Plant

Gujarat, first to use geothermal energy to generate power. Tapping Heat: Power plant being set up at Dholera by CEGE will generate 20 KW of electricity. Gujarat is set to become the first state in the country to use Geothermal energy to produce electricity. The power plant being set up at Dholera will become operational in April. “India’s first geothermal power plant will start operating on a pilot scale in April in Dholera, and it will produce 20 KW of electricity. Dholera was chosen for the plant as immense heat has been found under the earth in the form of hot springs,” the Centre of Excellence for Geothermal Energy (CEGE), set up by the state government at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU) said. The release said that two geothermal bore wells were drilled at Dholera where water temperature was found to be between 47-50 degree Celsius. Hot water produced from the wells would be used for generating power using Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) technique.

Dholera Solar Park

Dholera solar park is a 5GW solar power project being developed in two phases in Dholera village, approximately 80km from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Gujarat Urja Nigam Limited (GUVN) has been developing the project through public-private partnership (PPP). The company is working with Gujarat Power Corporation (GPCL), Gujarat Electric Transmission Corporation (GETCO), Solar Energy Corporation (SECI) and Power Grid Corporation of India (POWERGRID) for the implementation of the project. The first 1GW-phase is being developed with an investment of Rs5bn ($695m) by GPCL, while the second 4GW-phase will be developed by SECI with an estimated investment of Rs20bn ($2.7bn).

DMIC - Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor

Delhi Mumbai Industrial corridor is an Indo-Japanese initiative to create a linear industrial development zone which is supported by the Dedicated Freight Corridor for the logistic support on either side. The 1,483 Km long DMIC shall connect Mumbai to Delhi and shall pass through 82 districts ofsix states (Delhi, Western Uttar Pradesh, Southern Haryana, Eastern Rajasthan, Eastern Gujarat, and Western Maharashtra ) in the interim. 17% of India’s total area shall come under the influence of this massive infrastructure. The corridor shall cause a surge in the industrial development if India and accelerate the trading and manufacturing activities within the country. The DFC shall have an influence zone on either side of the railway lines which shall serve as locations for special industrial nodes and act as catalyst for development of the region. The DFC aims to bring down the manufacturing cost along the DMIC to lowest in the world.

6 & 10 Lane Express Highways

A six lane dual carriageway highway shall be built with provisions to extend it up to 10 lanes in Gujarat Dholera Smart city Project Description. Proposed 6 lane highway 0.5 KMS away Proposed DMIC 1 KMS away from the site Metro Rail 1 KMS away International Airport just 10 KMS away from the site.

Central Spine for Dholera SIR – Ahmedabad-Vataman-Pipli-Dholera-Bhavnagar six lane Road

The proposed road would serve as central spine for Ahmedabad-Dholera SIR. It is decided that initially the road will be four lane with six lane structure. It could be access controlled.

dholera sir