Construction of Dholera SIR activation area nearing completion: CM
The Centre has pumped in over Rs 2,700 crore to build the basic infrastructure in the 22.5 square kilometres of the SIR (activation area) that is facing significant delays in implementation.
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The Central government has a 49 per cent stake in the Dholera SIR project. (Express Photo/File) The construction of infrastructure in the activation area of the Dholera SIR (Special Investment Region) in Ahmedabad district is nearing completion and the process of allotment of land to industries have also begun, said Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel Tuesday as he virtually participated in the second meeting of the Apex Committee of the National Industrial Corridor Development Programme (NICDP).
The CM also expressed confidence in the progress of the development of Dholera SIR.
The work in the activation area was meant to be completed by 2018-19. The Indian Express had recently reported that till date, 95 per cent of the work in this activation area — that forms only 2.5 per cent of the total 920 square kilometres of the SIR — has been completed.
Apart from CM Patel, chief ministers and industry ministers of Haryana, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand also participated in the meeting held in New Delhi in the presence of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal, stated an official release from the state government, Tuesday.
The Centre has pumped in over Rs 2,700 crore to build the basic infrastructure in the 22.5 square kilometres of the SIR (activation area) that is facing significant delays in implementation.
The CM also apprised about the developments happening with regard to Dholera airport, Ahmedabad-Dholera Expressway and the Dholera-Bhimnath railway link project. The Central government has a 49 per cent stake in the Dholera SIR project.
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