Comments
Having been stuck in the files for several months, the Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR) will see some activity on the ground after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley made initial financial allocations to start work on the project.
“The Ahmedabad-Dholera Investment Region in Gujarat, and the Shendra-Bidkin Industrial Park near Aurangabad, in Maharashtra, are now in a position to start work on basic infrastructure,” Jaitley said.
Greenfield city Dubbed as the “New Gujarat within Gujarat”, Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR), about 100 km from Ahmedabad, falls under the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) project, which is being developed by the DMIC Development Corporation with Japanese funding of about $ 4.5 billion.
An outcome of the Gujarat government’s Special Investment Region (SIR) Act, 2009, which lays greater emphasis on creating world-class infrastructure for urban centres, Dholera SIR is spread over 920 sq km, double the size of Ahmedabad.
The Dholera smart city is being developed as a greenfield city, that will use ICT technology for management of urban amenities such as drainage, traffic, water supplies among others.
A small start Dholera officials believe construction will begin in the next two-three years as the city is still at the drawing board stage.
The Finance Minister’s part-allocation from the earmarked ₹1,200 crore, is believed to help the project take its initial few steps.
Comments
COMMENT NOW
Comments
Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.
We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of TheHindu Businessline and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.