Updated September 2026

Dholera current status.

The honest version, in three columns: what is finished and running, what is being built right now, and what exists only as an approval. Most pages about Dholera blur these together. This one does not.

Full infrastructure detail What it means for a buyer

Finished

Built and running today.

You can go and stand next to all of this. It exists.

72km of roads

Internal road network in the Activation Area, 18 to 70 metres wide, with utilities underneath.

Complete

22.54sq km

The Activation Area, where trunk infrastructure has been developed.

Complete

109km expressway

Ahmedabad to Dholera, four lanes and access controlled, open to traffic since March 2026.

Open

50MLD water

Water treatment plant commissioned about 5 km away, scalable to 150 MLD.

Running

500MVA power

Distribution capacity across two Torrent Power substations, scalable to 1,500 MVA.

Running

300MW solar

Commissioned and generating, out of a solar park planned at up to 5,000 MW.

Running

Aerial photograph of the ABCD command and control building in Dholera with open land beside it
The ABCD buildingTwo buildings, the Business and Exhibition Centre and the SPV building, housing the City Integrated Operations Centre, an experience zone, conference and banquet facilities, a bank and a post office. Running since 2019.
Photograph of the part built canal front in Dholera with walkways and shade pavilions
The canal frontA 6.6 km central canal draining storm water from the whole road network to the sea, with a green recreation corridor alongside. Part built, as this photograph shows.

In progress

Under construction now.

Work is visibly happening on all of these. None of them is finished.

BUILDING

Dholera International Airport

On 1,426 hectares about 20 km from Dholera, built by DIACL. Phase one approved June 2022 at ₹5,083 crore. Reported at around 80 percent complete.

Building

Tata and PSMC semiconductor fab

India's first commercial chip fab, an investment of up to ₹91,000 crore. Civil work passed the halfway mark in 2026 and cleanroom fit out has started.

Building

Bhimnath Dholera freight rail

A last mile freight line under implementation by Western Railway, linking to the Dedicated Freight Corridor near Ahmedabad.

Building

Social infrastructure

A multi speciality hospital, an integrated school, a fire station, investor accommodation and a food court, all listed as upcoming inside the Activation Area.

Building

Private development

More than 1,000 studio apartments with commercial space by GAP Associates, and a 100 room corporate hotel by the Seksaria Group, both on the High Access Corridor.

Building

Approved only

Real decisions, no construction.

These have government approval and budgets. That is not the same as a site with people on it, and the difference matters when someone is pricing a plot on the strength of them.

Ahmedabad Dholera metro

A 100 km elevated line in two phases, approved centrally in 2021 at an estimated ₹12,500 to ₹13,000 crore and targeted for 2027.

Approved

Semi high speed rail

A passenger line planned from Ahmedabad along the expressway alignment for commuter movement.

Planned

Dholera sea port

Sanctioned by the Gujarat Maritime Board in June 2020, with full operation expected between 2027 and 2028.

Planned

TP schemes 5 and 6

Planning work on expansion beyond the Activation Area began in 2025. The land is zoned. Nothing is serviced.

Planned

Roughly 400 sq km of the 422 sq km developable region is outside the Activation Area. Most of it has no infrastructure in the ground yet. If a plot is being sold to you on the strength of the metro or the port, you are buying an approval, not a service.

How to price that risk

How it got here

The official timeline.

Eighteen years from a corridor decision to an expressway carrying traffic. The pace tells you more than any projection.

  1. 2008

    Dholera approved as a node under the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor.

  2. 2009

    Gujarat enacts the Special Investment Region Act and notifies Dholera SIR.

  3. 2010

    DSIRDA established as the regional development authority.

  4. 2011

    Master planning work begins, led by Halcrow.

  5. 2012

    The ICT master plan is prepared, and the development plan and control regulations are sanctioned.

  6. 2013

    Programme managers appointed. All six town planning schemes sanctioned, covering 422 sq km.

  1. 2014

    Environmental clearance received.

  2. 2016

    DICDL formed as the SPV. Implementation starts on TP 2A and 4A, the 22.54 sq km Activation Area.

  3. 2019

    The ABCD building and the City Integrated Operations Centre become operational.

  4. 2022

    Trunk infrastructure operational across the Activation Area. Airport phase one approved.

  5. 2023

    Construction begins on Dholera International Airport.

  6. 2026

    The Ahmedabad to Dholera expressway opens to traffic.

Timeline follows the official Dholera SIR record. Updated September 2026.

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