GANDHINAGAR: The
Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR) venture, a smart industrial city and
one of PM Narendra Modi’s dream projects, is close to completion, chief
minister Vijay Rupani claimed in the
assembly on Wednesday.
In a written
response to a question by Dhandhuka MLA
Rajesh Gohil, who sought to know the status of the Dholera SIR project, , the
CM said, “The total planned work in Dholera SIR activation area is now 85.79%
over and the remaining work is also to expected to be completed soon. Regular
high-level meetings are being held to expedite the remaining work.†The project
was supposed to be complete by September 2019.
Manoj Das,
additional chief secretary (ACS) in the CMO and in-charge ACS, industry and
mines department said, “Dholera SIR’s activation area work, as approved by the
government of India and the state government, is now near completion, so we
have started aggressively marketing the project internationally. Over Rs 2,800
crore has been spent so far for the development of Dholera SIR to create
plug-and-play infrastructure for
industries. Key infrastructure of all roads, activation area buildings, river
bunding, plotting, sewage treatment plants and all major work is either over or
close to completion. We are now ready to provide plug-and-play service to all
kinds of investors.â€
He added that
along with work on the SIR, other projects such as the Dholera international
Airport, Dholera-Ahmedabad-Expressway and Dholera-Ahmedabad monorail project
have also been started, which will further attract investment in the coming
days. “We have already received key investment proposals. We are also
developing Gujarat-Special Education Region (G-SER) at Dholera Special
Investment Region (DSIR) in PPP mode,†he added.