Dholera taluka and the Bhal region

The land, coast and setting of the SIR

Dholera sits in the Bhal, the flat coastal plain along the Gulf of Khambhat in Ahmedabad district, and that physical setting shapes both the opportunity and the engineering challenge.

The setting

The SIR was formed from a cluster of villages in Dholera taluka on the western coast of the Gulf of Khambhat, on flat, low-lying land known as the Bhal. Dholera SIR is planned over about 920 sq km, of which roughly 580 sq km is developable and about 422 sq km is designated for urban development across six town-planning schemes (TP1 to TP6). Around one-third of the developable land falls in the Coastal Regulation Zone. The flatness makes large-scale planning and road-laying straightforward, but the tidal, low-lying coastal character means drainage and the Coastal Regulation Zone are genuine design constraints, which is why about a third of developable land falls in the CRZ. Confirmed

Why geography matters here

Understanding the Bhal explains several things at once: why the region had large contiguous land available for a greenfield city, why water management and drainage feature so heavily in the plan, and why the coast is both an asset and a regulatory limit. It also places Dholera in a landscape shared with Lothal, Velavadar and the region's wetlands. Confirmed

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Key facts

The core facts for dholera taluka and the bhal region are summarised below; each is drawn from the sources listed at the foot of this article and dated to the review month.

• Taluka: Dholera, Ahmedabad district.
• Region: the Bhal coastal plain.
• Coast: Gulf of Khambhat.
• Terrain: flat, low-lying, tidal influence.

Context

Dholera SIR is planned over about 920 sq km, of which roughly 422 sq km is designated for urban development across six town-planning schemes phased over about three decades. It is governed by the DSIRDA (planning authority) and built by DICDL, a special purpose vehicle held 51% by Gujarat and 49% by the central government through the NICDC Trust, and it is the flagship node of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor. This context frames every article on the region; the specifics of this topic are covered above, and the full picture is in What is Dholera SIR and the master plan.

Reading this reference

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