Guj to showcase Dholera-SIR to woo foreign investors

Expressing a strong determination to attract foreign investors and industrialists to invest in the State, Chief Vijaybhai Rupani indicated that Dholera Special Investment Region better known as Dholera-SIR would be showcased as the investment destination in the Vibrant Gujarat 2019 to be held in January next year.

With a vision to fulfill the dream envisaged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to present the upcoming Dholera SIR and International Smart City on the global map by developing it as the world class smart city the Chief Minister said that his Government was developing infrastructure worth Rs 3000 crore at Dholera.

He was speaking after laying foundation stones for Common Effluent Treatment Plant with capacity of 20 MLD and Pipali – Dholera Pipeline Project, which would supply water to Dholera. Rupani also stated that world’s biggest solar park, along with underground drainage, water, electricity, optical fiber network and other ultramodern amenities are being developed at Dholera.

In addition to these, to develop Dholera and Ahmedabad as the twin cities an eight-lane highway would be built connecting these two cities. Dholera’s developmental periphery would be spreading over 900 km, which would be bigger than the entire Singapore, he added.

The Chief Minister also inaugurated the training centers which would provide skilled human force to the projects coming at Dholera. Like Venice city, Dholera will also have 120 km long water canals. These water canals would be filled with waters and would be used as transportation means. Dholera will be connected with Delhi-Bombay Industrial Corridor to give it a place on the global map.

Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board (GIDB) headed by Gujarat CM is the nodal agency and the apex authority for the development of Dholera SIR. Core functions including approval and modification in development plan, town planning scheme and general regulations will be performed by the apex authority.