“Dholera SIR is a journey from Zero in value to Multi-Trillion
Dollar Greenfield Smart City; the biggest success story of India in the last decade”.
SmartHomes Infrastructure is a leading
developer in Dholera SIR and has been presented TIMES awards multiple times for
its dedicated work in Dholera SIR & surroundings. Currently, the company is developing
multiple residential and commercial projects and owns a considerable chunk of
Commercial, Residential, and Industrial Land Parcels in Dholera SIR and its surroundings.
Ahmedabad and Dholera will be known as twin cities
of Gujarat, most of us already know about Ahmedabad and have been hearing so
much about Dholera Smart City. Here are some insights about Dholera Smart City.
Q1. What is Dholera Greenfield Smart City and
why is it called a self-sustainable city?
Dholera SIR will be a role model for the next 25 years and
will lead the rest of India. Being developed on barren it has been identified
approximately 70 km (using the new expressway NH 751) far from Ahmedabad, where
there is a huge scope of development, where no development has ever happened in
the past and everything has started from zero.
Dholera is aimed at enhancing
industrialization, manufacturing and creating jobs. Dholera has been selected
as a Greenfield site for several reasons, such as its large areas of government
land and strong transport links. The Smart City brings together eco-friendly
elements and highly developed infrastructure, thus blending both sustainable
development & the next level of human habitation.
Dholera SIR is Bigger than Delhi and Mumbai
and is conceived like international cities Frankfurt and London. Dholera Smart
City is all set to give exponential returns on investment to its investors. At
the present moment, Dholera is in the early development phase and the
development of Dholera is also happening as per the Master Plan designed.
Dholera SIR is spread across 920 sq km,
however, the developable area will be only 420 sq km and rest of the area has
been kept for nature and for renewable energy generation, parks, green spaces, and tree plantations, water reservoirs, solar parks, etc. Today Frankfurt is one of
the best examples of a sustainable city as half of the city is just green.
Similarly, Dholera is being conceived which is going to make it the most
sustainable smart city on this planet.
Q2. What is the current state of the
development in Dholera SIR?
Currently, multiple activities have been
initiated over the last decade for the development of Dholera SIR.
Following facilities are being developed for
this world-class industrial smart city:
Q3. What is the activation Area and Linear
development? Also, tell us about Ahmedabad- Dholera Expressway.
The activation area is 22.5 sq km which has
been already developed with trunk Infrastructure. It is spread across Town
Planning Scheme 2A & 4A. The area has around 72 km of roads, with road
widths varying from 12m to 70m.
The activation area has been developed by L&T
and is approximately 5.25% of the total developable area of Dholera SIR. It can
cater to a residential population of 1.2 lakhs with an employment of
approximately 80,000 persons after completion.
Linear Development has 11 sub-TPs on both
sides of the expressway and now is under development along with the Expressway.
Ahmedabad-Dholera Expressway is a 109 km Expressway (NH-751) developed by NHAI
and is an under-construction four-lane access-controlled road, with a route alignment
connecting SP Ring Road near Sarkhej and Dholera SIR via Dholera International
Airport at Navagam. Initially, it is designed as a 4-lane expressway and later
on, it will be extended to 6 lanes, and Metro Trains are also planned parallel.
With the development of Expressway 751, the Villages of Dholera Taluka will only be 60 km away from Ahmedabad, and
traveling time will be only 40 mins by Expressway from Sarkej of Ahmedabad to Pipli village of Dholera.
Q4. Why do you promote Dholera Greenfield
smart city as a Multi-Trillion Dollar City?
We've already seen many cities develop, with new roads and
urban expansion happening regularly. It is common for Greenfield cities to be
built in countries like Dubai and the United Kingdom, but it is the first time
that India has transformed a barren country into a high-tech city and become a
livable country.
We estimate that Dholera SIR will be worth multi-trillion dollars in land value by 2042. The value of land, currently
around Rs. 3,500 per square meter in Dholera SIR, is expected to reach Rs 2,00,000
per square meter by 2042, with hundreds of millions of square feet of buildings
to be developed in the City Center Zone, Knowledge & IT Zone, High Access
Corridors, Residential Zones, and tourism & resort zones of Dholera SIR.
In the next 20 years, the company expects that
the land appreciates to today's rate of land in Ahmedabad which is around Rs. 2
Lakh per sq meter on average and if we apply today's rate of Ahmedabad Land
value to Dholera Smart City's developable area of 420 square KMS inside SIR and
100 square KMS approx on the border and outside SIR, then the total 520 square
KMS will be valued at more than 1 trillion USD and this does not include the
value created from the development of buildings and infrastructure.
Q5. What are the plans of SmartHomes
Infrastructure in Dholera?
SmartHomes Infrastructure is the leading
developer in Dholera. It is highly focused on developing projects inside
Dholera SIR on both sides of Expressway, near the airport, and on the border
of Dholera SIR. We are one of the most innovative developers in Dholera and
mainly deal in Commercial, Industrial and Residential projects in premium
locations like close to ABCD Building, Dholera International Airport,
Expressway & Activation Area ensuring maximum Return on Investments.