Gandhinagar: Chief minister Bhupendra Patel visited the Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR) on Thursday and inspected various ongoing projects at the greenfield industrial smart city.
The Dholera SIR is being showcased as a prime project of the state government at the forthcoming Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit (VGGS).
The state government said on Thursday that 95% of the work of phase 1 at Dholera SIR has been completedand it will soon be ready for investments from the global ecosystem.

The statement added that state-of-the-art infrastructure facilities are set up at the site, which is a dream project of PM Narendra Modi.
The CM also held a meeting with top officials of the state administration at the site to chalk out a time-bound programme for the completion of projects of Dholera SIR, the statement informed. Development and infrastructure works have been taken up over an area of 22.54 sq km in phase 1 of the project.

A total of 920 sq km has been covered under the Dholera SIR, and this includes 22 villages of Dholera taluka of Ahmedabad district.
The infrastructure facilities being put together at the SIR include a 72-km road network. Arrangements have been made to provide 150 MLD (million litres per day) of water supply.
The government said that the plug-and-play facilities being offered at Dholera SIR makes it an ideal location for companies from defence and aerospace, engineering, auto and auto ancillaries, pharmaceuticals, agro and food processing, renewable energy, IT and electronics sectors to set up their units.