Dholera 3.6

Dholera is a town in Ahmedabad district, Gujarat, India. Dholera is an ancient port-city in Gulf of Khambhat, 30 km from Dhandhuka city of Ahmedabad district. One of the original six temples built by Swaminarayan is located here. Other than this, there are few other temples in the town, including another smaller Shree Swaminarayan Temple built by the BAPS gadi.ConnectivityNational Highway 8 connects the Dholera Special Investment Region with Delhi, Bhavnagar and Mumbai. Dholera itself has good connectivity with National Highway (NH) 8 (Anand) and 8A (Bagodra), augmenting Bagodra -Bhavnagar, Bagodra- Surendranagar- Radhanpur.As a part of the Golden Quadrilateral, the 500 km Mumbai-Ahmedabad-Vadodara Expressway connects the region.The nearest broad gauge connection is Bhavnagar (34 km).Dholera SIRDholera SIR is a major project under the DMIC Project an aim to make it a global manufacturing hub supported by world class infrastructure.Project goals in next five years are: To double the employment potential (14.87% CAGR) Triple industrial output (24.57% CAGR) Quadruple the exports from the region (31.95% CAGR)The city would be built as a world-class city, with a 10 lane expressway running between the city from the state capital Ahmedabad to the container port. It would be the world's largest urban development project worth $12 billion.