Phase One of Dholera Project Set to Start in First Quarter of 2015

Construction of essential infrastructure—such as roads, power, gas, water, telecom, drainage, and waste treatment—will begin in Q1 2015 for Dholera Smart City, one of the key nodes under the ₹90 billion Delhi–Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC).

The development will start with a 22 sq km “activation zone”, initiating progress across the larger 920 sq km project. According to Jagdish Salgaonkar, Programme Director of Dholera SIR and SVP at AECOM, 60% of conceptual designs, environmental impact assessments, and land acquisition processes are already complete.

The DMIC Trust has allocated ₹3,000 crore for this initial phase, complementing funding from the Japan Investment Bank. Further, industrial development is targeted to follow by 2018–19, once core infrastructure is in place.
 

Source: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/infrastructure/dholera-development-to-start-in-q1-2015/articleshow/35996658.cms