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.
The road is supposed to connect the Ahmedabad city on one hand and Dholera and Bhavnagar ports on the other side. It is envisaged that the new industry cluster to be developed along the spine would considerably benefit with central linkage. It will also act as catalyst to other developments in the region in general and that of SIR in particular. This is also a part of master plan submitted to central govt. for DMIC road connectivity. This is aroved by the central govt.
Dholera SIR First Planned Smart City in India The existing airport of Ahmedabad has emerged as one with highest annual growth in traffic and will get saturated much before the year 2020. The expansion of Ahmedabad airport is difficult due to various reasons. Under the circumstances, a new international airport is required to cater the future traffic.
While assessing the potential and requirements of the Dholera SIR, Government envisaged a tremendous need for a Greenfield International Airport in its vicinity. The level of economic activities in the SIR backed by enormous domestic and foreign investment shall need a world class modern International Airport in this region. Therefore state has included the development of an International Airport in the list of “Early Bird Projects” in consultation with Department of Industrial Promotion and Policy. GoG has also signed an MoU with the Delhi Metro Industrial Corridor Development Company in this regard.
The state Government identified the location for the proposed Airport and has earmarked the land. A parcel of Government land and measuring aroximately 1700 hectors has been reserved in the triangle of village Pachham-Valinda-Pipli of Taluka Dhandhuka Dist Ahmedabad in the name of Gujarat Industrial Corridor Company Ltd (GICC), which would work as a project development agency for DMIC. The site is about 80 kms from Ahmedabad and around 20 kms from Dholera SIR. In addition to the SIR and Ahmedabad city, this location is also ideally placed vis-à-vis the cities like Nadiyad, Bhavnagar, Vadodara and Rajkot.
Dholera SIR First Planned Smart City in India In Metro rail the distance between Gandhinagar-Ahmedabad-Dholera is to be covered in two trenches from Gandhinagar to Ahmedabad and from Ahmedabad to Dholera. It is about 100 kms and is proposed as elevated metro. This will provide faster movement and even otherwise important for new international air port. The project is having a longer gestation period and requires to be taken up quickly. The metro is also aroved under DMIC master plan by the central govt.
In one of the meetings with secretary DI, during his visit to Gandhinagar it was thought of high speed rail corridor on this route. It is related to pre- feasibility study being carried out by the ministry of railways for Pune-Mumbai-Ahmedbad high speed rail corridor. The govt. of Gujarat has requested the MoR to check up the possibility to extend it upto Dholera via GIFT near Gandhinagar.
The Industrial Mega Parks are the central feature of the Dholera Special Investment Region (DSIR), a major new economic hub located 100 km south of Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The total industrial area within the DSIR is split into a number of Mega Industrial Park / SEZ which cover a gross land area of 10,000 ha. Industrial Mega Park 1 (the Phase 1 of the overall Industrial Mega Parks) covers an area of about 3,000 hector gross land area. The market assessment forecast a total demand for over 9,500 ha (net) of industrial land in the DSIR over the 30 year plan period, which equates to a gross land area, including roads and infrastructure and other supported facilities, of about 10,500 hector to be alloted for industrial and logistics use. Employment in the industrial sectors will lay the economic foundations of the DSIR and generate about 313,000 “base” jobs, which will then generate further jobs in the service sector. Overall employment in the DSIR is expected to reach over 800,000 jobs in the plan period. Reserve areas are earmarked in the Concept Plan should additional industrial land be required.