Dholera SIR, or Special Investment Region, is India's first smart industrial city to be planned, located in Gujarat state. It covers 920 square kilometers and is one of the most ambitious DMIC greenfield projects. The concept is simple but powerful: a globally competitive city, advanced technology, and best suited for city living with unprecedented opportunities for industries, entrepreneurs, and residents.
It is where Dholera SIR sits that gives it the ability to transform. With its location almost 100 kilometers away from Ahmedabad and well connected with national highways, railroads, and ports, Dholera has been planned to grow as an employment and trade-centric integrated industrial complex. The Dholera International Airport, which is planned, and expressways will further augment connectivity, putting it in the top position as the best gateway for domestic and international business. Port connectivity of Pipavav, Dahej, and Mundra facilitates convenient export-import trade, which is ideal for manufacturing and logistics firms.
While cities develop organically the traditional way, Dholera SIR develops from the very beginning on the principles of smart infrastructure as the foundation. These are:
This kind of planning makes Dholera more than a home or office location—it's a city of the future.
For the investors, Dholera SIR presents a lifetime chance. Real estate options include residential plots to industrial land, commercial space, and township projects in line. While the government is introducing industrial clusters, IT parks, defense zones, and manufacturing parks on a pilot scale, property demand already exists in plenty.
The largest benefit? Today's prices are a mere fraction of what they are in other developed city centers. Early entrepreneurs are setting themselves up to reap the rewards of exponential growth once master industries and infrastructure plans are on the ground.
Dholera is not just another realty venture—it's a government-sponsored megaproject. The Gujarat government's vision, in collaboration with the central government, has introduced facilitative policies, incentives, and ease-of-doing-business measures to tempt home and international business. Tax benefits, single-window approvals, and plug-and-play facilities make it extremely inviting for large businesses as well as SMEs.
The city is expected to become a hub for various sectors, including:
Dholera's multi-sectoral growth guarantees a diversified and secure economic base with direct assistance to the real estate industry.
The concept is that all the cities that are "developed" nowadays were township-type villages decades ago. Look at Gurgaon, on the outskirts of Delhi, or Navi Mumbai, on the outskirts of Mumbai. Those investors who invested in land there witnessed their returns multiply. Dholera SIR is now at that level.
Investing in Dholera real estate today is investing in an area within a city that will determine the industrial and urban future of India.