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Strategic location of Dholera will act as a catalyst in the development of Gujarat: Shri Vijay Rupani, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat

Feb 4, 2021 by Neel Achary 0 Comments #Dholera Industrial City Development Limited, #Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat, #Shri Vijay Rupani

Bengaluru: Dholera Industrial City Development Limited (DICDL) in association with the Government of Gujarat participated in the 13th edition of Aero India 2021 at Bengaluru, Karnataka. DICDL showcased all its initiatives which significantly benefits potential businesses and also illustrated a host of investment opportunities in the vibrant economic corridor.

Aligned with Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s mission of “Atmanirbhar Bharat”, the Government of Gujarat, along with DICDL as industry partner, organized the Gujarat state seminar on the subject “Atmanirbhar Bharat in Aerospace & Defence” today, highlighting defence & aerospace manufacturing expertise of Gujarat, one of the most dynamic state of the country. The session mainly aimed at highlighting ways for boosting the defence equipment production sector at the state level, contributing to the national goal of “Atmanirbhar Bharat”.

Shri Vijay Rupani, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat, in a virtual keynote addressed, “Dholera’s seamless connectivity with the upcoming six lane access-controlled expressway, metro rail transit system, common corridor and International airport makes it a preferred destination for the Aero & Defence manufacturing cluster”

Dr Rahul Gupta, IAS, Industries Commissioner, Government of Gujarat said, “The Government of Gujarat is a proactive and stable government committed to Ease of Doing Business with a slew of initiatives in labour compliances, land bank, availability of skilled labour, dedicated MRO facility and dedicated investor deck”.

Commenting on the development scenario and highlighting the investment opportunities at Dholera, Shri Hareet Shukla, IAS. Managing Director, Dholera Industrial City Development Ltd (DICDL) said, “Dholera is the most ambitious project of the Government of India. The industrial smart city has been designed keeping in mind the top five cities across the world and has passed all the stages of planning and is now ready for implementation. The city will be run by the City Integrated Operation Center (CIOC) that we have created and it stands out to be the best investment destination in the country today. Dholera is the Future, and the Future is here so come to Dholera, to Live, Plug and Play”

Dholera, located approximately 100km south of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, is India’s Largest Greenfield Smart city being built under the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor, to create a linear zone of industrial clusters. Planned for 920 square kms over 30 years, it is the largest land parcel across South Asia. A competent manufacturing destination for industries, especially the International and Indian Aviation Tier-1 and Tier-2 companies, Dholera has the right ecosystem for Aerospace clusters. With a vision of ‘Plug & Play’ approach, the comprehensive land parcels at Dholera are fully ICT enabled and comprehensive infrastructure is offered right at the plot level. To trigger the development of Dholera, an Activation Area is identified which acts as a catalyst for further investments attracting local and global investors. The Activation Area is spread across an area of approximately 22.5sqkm and has approximately 72kms of roads with an optimum mix of land use comprising of industrial, residential, mixed use, recreation and tourism. It also emphasized on its proximity towards the upcoming Dholera International Airport consisting of International passenger and cargo terminal with two runways for smooth operation. Futher expansion of possible industries and providing strategic location for ancillary industries Dholera also offers development of R&D facilities.

Speaking at the event, Air Marshal R K Dhir PVSM AVSM VM (Retd), Advisor, Defence & Aerospace, Government of Gujarat said, “India is self-reliant with Artificial intelligence, machine learning, data analytics, etc which is crucial at this valid juncture. Earlier we were dependent on PSUs for our Aero defence supply, but now MSMEs have contributed strategically and comprehensively in the defence ecosystem making India truly Atmanirbhar”.

“IAF and other defence services are committed to purchase most of the defence products from MSMEs and DPSUs to promote indigenization,” said Air Marshal Sandeep Singh, AVSM VM, Deputy Chief of Air Staff

William Blair, Vice President & Chief Executive, Lockheed Martin India Private Limited, said, “Dholera industrial smart city can change the game by providing tremendous opportunities in maintenance, repair and flight training by improving seamless connectivity and the MRO’s adding to the reliability”

“Indian A & D ecosystem is expected to benefit from the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative as there is a slew of indigenous products like the ‘LCA Tejas’ and its variants as the defence services are looking for more indigenous options as compared to import”, added Venkatesh MS, Executive Director (Foundry and Forge), Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

Mr Piyush Tamboli, Chairman, CII Gujarat and Chairman & Managing Director, Investment & Precision Castings Limited “AERO India is one of the key events that attracts large investor from Defence & Aerospace sector, domestic as well as international. Gujarat State’s participation will definitely help in attracting investment into the state. This will also encourage industry in Gujarat to foray into this key sector. CII & SIDM is happy to partner with Government of Gujarat for this initiative and will work towards growth of the sector in the state”.

Dholera with its transformational model with excellent infrastructure facilities, robust industrial ecosystem, transparent & investor friendly policies and supply chain network is set to become a key link in the Indian defence and aerospace manufacturing sector. With a plethora of investment opportunities in Defence and Aero Manufacturing Clusters and future expansion of similar industries Dholera with its strong base is very well known to emerge as Defence manufacturing Hub of India.

With its world-class infrastructure and state of the art facilities, DSIR can be a superlative choice for the Aerospace & Defence sector. Dholera has already become a key location for massive investment hub and is on course to become one of the finest greenfield industrial city.

Aero India is the largest air show in Asia and attracts a large number of exhibitors from the world’s leading industries in the field of Military and Civil Aviation, Aerospace, Airport Infrastructure and Defence Engineering. The show includes both air displays and static exhibitions of a large array of military platforms from the Aerospace sector.

About Dholera

The Dholera Special Investment Region (DSIR) is a major Greenfield Industrial Hub planned and located approximately 100km south of Ahmedabad and 130km from the State Capital Gandhinagar. The project as envisaged will be the first initiative from National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (NICDC) to create a linear zone of industrial clusters and nodes to be developed in the influence area of Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC).

DSIR has been planned over an extensive area of land measuring approximately 920sqkm and encompassing 22 villages of Dholera Taluka in the Ahmedabad District. This will be by far the largest of investment nodes planned along the influence of DFC in the DMIC region. This node is strategically located between the industrial cities of Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Surat and Bhavnagar urban agglomerations. The nearest international airport is at Ahmedabad and Government of Gujarat through the Dholera International Airport Company Limited (DIACL) has plans to develop another international airport in the north-east of the proposed investment region. NICDC Limited with support of DSIRDA, plan to create an economically and socially balanced new-age City with world class infrastructure and highest quality-of-life standards and sustainability in the urban form. This new age city aims to have a sustainable urban transportation system within and mobile/ efficient regional connectivity with neighboring cities and the rest of the country.

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TATA Power lays foundation of the 400 MW (AC) Solar Power Project at the 5000 MW Solar Park location in Dholera Special Investment Region, Gujarat

Oct 17, 2020 by Gouri Achary 0 Comments #Dholera, #Dholera Industrial City Development Limited, #Dr. Parul Mansata, #National Highway Authority of India, #Solar Power Project, #TATA Power

The development is a huge shot in the arm for the DSIR project which is one of India’s first and largest Greenfield Smart city that aims to provide superlative infrastructure and sustainable environment through the application of ‘smart’ solutions.

Dholera is all set to develop one of the world’s largest single-location Ultra Mega Solar Power Park which the government approved recently. Close to 11,000 hectares of land parcels are dedicated to the Park with an estimated capacity of 5000 MW renewable energy generation. Of this, currently, Phase 1 of 1000 MW is being developed in which a 700 MW bid was recently awarded to five companies in August 2020 namely Vena Energy Renewables, Tata Power, ReNew Power, SJVN Limited, and TEQ Green Power while 300 MW from the bid issued in the year 2019 was awarded to Tata Power.

Today, Tata Power, India’s largest integrated power company is to develop 400MW of a solar project for Solar Park at Dholera, Gujarat. The recommencement of site work was commemorated with tree plantation today for 300MW project in the presence of Dr. Parul Mansata, Deputy Collector, Dholera Special Investment Regional Development Authority, Mr. Ashish Khanna, President – Renewables, Tata Power and local community leaders. Further to the existing 300MW project, an LOA of 100MW was received from Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) to develop the project in Dholera Solar Park of Gujarat. The energy will be supplied to GUVNL.

“The Ultra Mega Solar Power Park in Dholera is a state-of-the-art project that will provide clean, renewable energy. Solar power is the biggest natural resource gifted to humans and DSIR is poised to use this gift towards the betterment and sustainable human life. I am happy to share that M/s. Tata Power laid the foundation stone of its 400 MW solar park establishment in DSIR and further, we are looking forward to devising an innovative approach for attracting investors to the region that will thrive on renewable energy” said Dr. Parul Mansata.

The National Highway Authority of India recently initiated development work of the Ahmedabad-Dholera four-lane expressway project. The work order of Rs 3,500 crore for the stretch of road connecting Ahmedabad to Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR) has been finalised and work is expected to begin shortly. This road will be a new straight alignment. The Ahmedabad-Dholera expressway will have more advanced features than the Ahmedabad-Vadodara expressway and is expected to reduce the commute between Ahmedabad and Dholera to less than an hour.

While, Dholera Industrial City Development Limited is also in process of implementing the Bhimnath-Dholera Rail network, so as to ease the movements of goods coming in Dholera or going out to either port or supplying across the nation.

Features like large land parcels, Plug-N-Play utilities, CETP, STP, WTP, etc. also facilitate companies who intend to set up some of the biggest industries in India and this makes Dholera, the right place for establishment. Characteristics like Lowest Power Tariff, 5000 MW Solar Park, ICT enabled networking etc will make industries across sectors, more competitive and help them focus on their business without worrying about the utility & services, allowing them to reduce business lifecycle cost and get better returns on investment well in advance according to their forecast.

These developments and holistic support infrastructure being developed in the region are a huge shot in the arm for the DSIR project, which is one of India’s first and largest Greenfield Industrial Smart city that aims to provide superlative infrastructure and sustainable environment through the application of such ‘smart’ solutions.

While the national policies for industries are always favourable to existing as well as new investors. Gujarat has more than 40 active ports across its 1600 kms. the coastline and it helps the state handle more than 40% of the cargo movement for the nation. The Government of Gujarat also took a step further and published the new Industrial Policy 2020. With this policy, the state has ensured to share benefits in terms of Fixed Capital Incentive (FCI) put by the company and favours incentives pertaining to projects who need relocation incentives if they intend to set up in Gujarat. Gujarat is probably the only state that boasts sector/industry-specific policies and ensures that industries get their incentives on time.