‘Dholera SIR to be a city in itself’

“The Dholera SIR will be a city in itself with all the amenities. Around 40 per cent of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrical Corridor (DMIC) project,which includes Dholera SIR,falls under Gujarat,” Kant said. He was speaking at an international conference on DMIC,SIRs,SEZs and Multi-model Logistics Parks in Gujarat. A 30-member Japanese delegation was also present at the conference. The DMIC is being built with Japanese collaboration.

The SIR will be divided into various sectors,and priority in terms of land allotment will be given to the heavy engineering sector followed by automobile and auto-ancillary.

Other industries in the SIR would include electronics,pharmaceuticals and biotech industries,food processing,IT/ITeS,metals and metallurgical products.

Calling it a “mega project” that will take development in the state to greater heights,State Energy Minister Saurabh Patel said: “Since its inception,the GIDC has developed over 30,000 hectares of land for industrial purposes. Now,we are discussing the SIR project. To help this project materialise,the state government is developing infrastructure along the DMIC.”

Meanwhile,Maheshwar Sahu,Principal Secretary,Industries and Mines,said: “Gujarat will spend $150 billion for infrastructure development by 2015 in order to register growth rate in double figures. The power consumption pattern shows that in 2009-10 industrial growth was close to 11 per cent.”

In 2008-2009,the industrial growth rate in the state was nine per cent.