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Ahmedabad, Dec 3 (PTI) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Friday visited the Dholera special investment region (SIR) near here to review the progress of various ongoing and upcoming projects.
Speaking at the venue, Patel said Dholera SIR, being developed as an industrial smart city, has a huge potential for sectors such as aerospace, defence, engineering, pharmaceutical, IT, agro and food processing and renewables.
Patel urged entrepreneurs to invest in the SIR, spread across 920 sq km, which is considered as India"s first greenfield industrial smart city.
"Dholera SIR is not just about industries, as we have also planned to develop a Special Education Region in nearly 1,000 acres of land here.
An international airport is also coming up in 1,425 hectares of land and the Airport Authority of India has already started work on it," the chief minister said.
Patel further said Dholera SIR makes for an attractive deal for investors because it has large industrial plots, plug and play infrastructure, low power tariff and connectivity.