Dholera Greenfield Smart City - a Trillion Dollar Baby

DMIC to be one of the largest Smart and Sustainable Greenfield Industrial City in making.

Ever since PM Narendra Modi announced "100 Smart Cities Mission" there has been a buzz about smart cities especially Dholera Greenfield Smart City and according to Meenakshi Khurana, MD, SmartHomes Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. this city has all the potential to become a "Trillion Dollar Baby" because of mega project level developments are happening in Dholera Smart City which is strategically located on DMIC corridor.

DMIC will be 1504 kms and it will cover several states including UP, Delhi NCR, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra. 8 new Industrial Regions are to be developed along with DMIC among which Dholera SIR is going to be one of the largest Smart and Sustainable Greenfield Industrial City in making and that is how Dholera adds a special value to DMIC.

Dholera International Airport and Ahmedabad-Dholera Expressway

1426 hectares of land is reserved for Airport in Navagam Village of Dholera Taluka. A special purpose company DIACL is to look after the airport work. AAI has already prepared Feasibility Report, DPR and EIA based on which all the required NOC′s and in-principle approvals have already been obtained for the Airport.

Ahmedabad-Dholera Expressway tender has been assigned by NHAI and work is to commence now. NHAI is targeting expressway work to get completed in 24 months.

Master Planning of Dholera SIR is done by Halcrow. AECOM has done designing and is completely responsible for implementing trunk infrastructure including roads, drainage etc. Wipro is hired as ICT consultants and companies like IBM and CISCO are hired for implementing technology.

Starting from forming a legislative framework, a regional development authority DSIRDA was formed which further designed Town Planning 1 - 6 Schemes. Total area is 920 sq kms comprising of 22 villages of Dholera Taluka. Government has taken up TP Schemes practice to be developed in three phases.