The Gujarat government has apprised that 95 percent of the work of Phase-1 at Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR) has been completed and it will soon be ready for investment. As a prime project of the state government, advanced infrastructure facilities are set up at the site.

Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel visited the Dholera SIR on 14 December, 2023, and inspected various ongoing projects at the greenfield industrial smart city.

The development and infrastructure works have been taken up over an area of 22.54 sq. km. in the first phase of the project.  The infrastructure facilities include a 72-km road network. Arrangements have been made to provide 150 MLD of water supply.

A total of 920 sq. km has been covered under the Dholera SIR, including 22 villages of Dholera taluka of Ahmedabad district. The CM also held a meeting to chalk out a time-bound programme for the completion of projects of Dholera SIR.

The plug-and-play facilities being offered is exepcted to attract companies from defence and aerospace, engineering, and those engaged in manufacturing of auto and auto ancillaries, RE, pharmaceuticals, agro and food processing, IT and electronics sectors to set up their units.