This page is the running list of what has actually happened in Dholera, newest first. Dholera SIR stands for Special Investment Region, a large industrial zone created under a Gujarat law of 2009 and now being built south of Ahmedabad at the far end of the 109 km expressway that opened in March 2026.
Almost every page on the internet about Dholera is written by somebody selling land there. This one is not, which is why each entry below shows you the date the thing happened, the source we took it from, and a one-word label saying how solid it is. Read the labels this way. DURABLE means an official document says it. REPORTED means credible news outlets say it and no official document confirms it yet. TARGET means somebody has named a date or a number they are aiming at, which is not the same as something that has happened. If a word on this site is unfamiliar, the glossary explains it in one line.
Of the six, only the expressway is finished and open to the public, and the solar park is partly generating. Everything else is either under construction or approved and not yet started. The figures below are as of 11 August 2026 and each one says plainly how far along it is.
There are 82 entries in all. The rest are one click away, either by year and month or by subject in the row of links under the masthead.
What DICDL had out to tender on 11 August 2026: a cleanroom, two desalination contracts and no published valuesWe opened the DICDL tender board on 11 August 2026 and found six live invitations, none of them awarded and none of them carrying a published estimated value.
An Ahmedabad club has bought 186 acres on the Dholera corridor, about 15 km from the airportDeshGujarat reported on 6 August 2026 that Rajpath Club has unveiled plans for a third campus on 186 acres near Varna village, close to Vataman Chowkdi on the Ahmedabad to Dholera corridor and about 15 kilometres from the airport under construction.
A 50 MLD desalination tender is on the board while a 200 MLD plant is being plannedDICDL has an open tender for developing a 50 million litre a day sea water reverse osmosis plant, and three weeks earlier it was reported to be starting the detailed project report for a 200 million litre a day plant. The two are four times apart in capacity and no source explains how they relate.
A village in Dholera taluka was cut off by the Bhogavo river and the disaster response force was called inDeshGujarat reported on 27 July 2026 that Vanitalav Bhal village in Dholera taluka was cut off after the Bhogavo river overflowed following heavy rainfall, with police, the district administration and the National Disaster Response Force running rescue operations.
Airport reported about 80 percent complete, operations targeted for September-October 2026After a July 2026 review by Union Civil Aviation Minister K. Ram Mohan Naidu, Dholera International Airport was reported about 80 percent complete, with operations targeted for September-October 2026 and the passenger terminal around 75 percent done.
DICDL is planning a 200 MLD seawater desalination plant and has started appointing a consultantDeshGujarat reported on 18 July 2026 that DICDL plans a 200 million litre a day seawater desalination plant for Dholera and has begun appointing a consultant to prepare a feasibility assessment and a detailed project report.
Embraer and Adani reported exploring a civil-aircraft assembly line, Dholera among candidate sitesEmbraer and Adani signed a memorandum of understanding, reported in July 2026, to explore a Make in India civil-aircraft final assembly line targeted around 2028, with Dholera airport among the sites under evaluation and no site finalised.
Gadkari said work on extending the Dholera expressway to Bhavnagar starts within three monthsDeshGujarat reported on 10 July 2026 that the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, said at a review meeting in Gandhinagar that work on extending the Ahmedabad to Dholera expressway onwards to Bhavnagar will begin within the next three months.
Gujarat's first data centre policy names Dholera its primary locationGujarat launched the Viksit Gujarat Data Centre Policy 2026-29 on 9 July 2026, naming Dholera SIR the state's primary data centre location, with a 2.5 percent capital subsidy confined to Dholera projects.
NICDC monitoring report: Rs 2,784.83 crore activation packages, 545 acres allotted, Tata Chemicals named anchorThe NICDC Delivery Monitoring Unit report dated 30 June 2026 records Rs 2,784.83 crore of approved activation-area infrastructure packages with matching equity released, 48.31 sq km transferred to DICDL, and 14 plots covering 545 acres allotted, 476 of them industrial.
Fujifilm India signs exploratory MoU for a semiconductor materials base at DholeraFujifilm India signed a memorandum of understanding with the Gujarat State Electronics Mission on 30 June 2026 to explore a semiconductor materials production base at Dholera.
NextGen Semiconductors outlines Rs 8,800 crore silicon and silicon-carbide platform at DholeraNextGen Semiconductors has outlined a phased investment of more than Rs 8,800 crore for a fully integrated silicon and silicon-carbide power-semiconductor platform at Dholera, saying it has secured land, targeted works from April 2026, and is under India Semiconductor Mission review.
First aircraft lands at Dholera airport: an AAI calibration flight, not an openingAn Airports Authority of India calibration aircraft, VT-CNS, made the first landing on Dholera airport's 3,200 m runway on 4 June 2026, greeted with a water-cannon salute near Pipli village.
Three thousand two hundred trees are growing in Dholera's salt flats inside plastic drumsDeshGujarat reported on 4 June 2026 that more than 3,200 trees of 15 species are growing at Block No. 29 in Dholera using a drum plantation technique, with the saplings planted in August 2025 inside plastic drums and a further 50,000 planned.
The May 2026 monitoring report moves Dholera's allotted area by a single acreThe report as at 31 May 2026 records 504 acres allotted against 503 in January, with commercial, residential and other land available falling from 1,033 to 1,032 acres. The plot count stays at 12.
More than twenty firms turned up to Western Railway's pre-bid meeting for the Dholera semi high-speed lineDeshGujarat reported on 29 May 2026 that Western Railway held a pre-bid meeting with prospective bidders for the Sarkhej to Dholera semi high-speed broad gauge double line, attended by more than 20 firms from civil, electrical and signalling backgrounds, with the chief administrative officer for construction saying EPC tenders would be floated soon.
Gujarat plans a voltage stabiliser at a new 400 kV Dholera substationDeshGujarat reported on 22 May 2026, citing a government press release, that Gujarat will install plus or minus 125 MVAR STATCOM units at six existing 220 kV substations and at the upcoming 400 kV Dholera-2 substation.
Sixteen students finished India's first ultra-high-purity semiconductor welding course at ITI DholeraDeshGujarat reported on 19 May 2026, citing an official statement, that the first batch of 16 students of the ultra high purity semiconductor welding programme has passed out of the Industrial Training Institute at Dholera, and a second batch has begun.
Tata Electronics confirms ASML partnership for the Dholera fab's lithographyTata Electronics confirmed a partnership with ASML, announced 17 May 2026 and published on tataelectronics.com, covering lithography systems for the Dholera fab.
Cabinet approves Ahmedabad-Dholera semi-high-speed rail: Rs 20,667 crore, about 134 km, target 2030-31The CCEA approved the Ahmedabad (Sarkhej)-Dholera semi-high-speed rail on 13 May 2026: roughly Rs 20,667 crore for an approximately 134 km double line connecting Ahmedabad, Dholera SIR, the airport and Lothal, with completion targeted up to 2030-31.
Cabinet clears two more semiconductor units, one at Dholera, combined over Rs 3,900 croreThe Union Cabinet on 5 May 2026 cleared two additional semiconductor units, one at Dholera and one at Surat, with combined investment above Rs 3,900 crore and more than 2,200 jobs projected.
The government put an employment number on the Dholera zone: 21,000 personsA Press Information Bureau release of 16 April 2026 states that the Dholera special economic zone is spread over 66.166 hectares and is poised to provide employment to 21,000 persons.
Centre notifies a 66-hectare Tata Semiconductor SEZ at DholeraThe Centre notified a Special Economic Zone of about 66 hectares for Tata Semiconductor Manufacturing at Dholera, reported on 14 April 2026, with around 21,000 jobs projected across coverage.
What the gazette actually says about the fab's land: 66.166 hectares, plot 255, survey number 151Notification S.O. 1853(E) of 9 April 2026, published in the Gazette of India on 10 April 2026, notifies 66.166 hectares at plot numbers 255 and 238 part-2, part of survey number 151 in Dholera village, in the industrial zone of town planning scheme 2A, as a special economic zone for M/s Tata Semiconductor Manufacturing Private Limited.
Entries are filed by the date the thing happened, not the date we published it. The oldest is the Cabinet decision that approved Dholera airport in June 2022, and the years below run back to it.
Most of what is on this wire came out of statutory reports, monitoring returns, a gazette notification and a parliamentary answer rather than out of press releases. The register below says what each document is, where it came from, and which entries rest on it.
Things we have seen but cannot confirm
These are items reported somewhere credible that we have not been able to check against an official document. They sit here instead of in the list above so that you can see what is circulating without us treating any of it as fact. When one is confirmed it moves up and becomes a dated entry.
- Tata Electronics reported in talks with Merck for fab chemicals supply. Talks, not a deal; verifying primary coverage.
- India-UAE agreements reported to touch Dholera: airport development, a pilot training school, a smart township. Verifying scope and signatories.
- Lothal National Maritime Heritage Complex Phase 1 reported opening in July 2026 nearby. Verifying an official date.
- Tsingshan steel and EV-battery interest around Rs 21,000 crore remains reported, not confirmed.
- Aaiji Group announced Rs 100 crore along the Lothal-Dholera corridor. A company claim, recorded as such.