Dholera in 2026
Everything on this wire that happened in 2026, newest first. There are 34.
The year the expressway opened, the special economic zone was notified, the railway was approved and the airport did not open. Also the year the record started contradicting itself in public about whether the first phase is complete.
01Months in this year with their own page
02Every entry dated 2026
- 11 August 2026REPORTEDContractsWhat DICDL had out to tender on 11 August 2026: a cleanroom, two desalination contracts and no published values
- 6 August 2026REPORTEDLandAn Ahmedabad club has bought 186 acres on the Dholera corridor, about 15 km from the airport
- 4 August 2026REPORTEDContradictionsA 50 MLD desalination tender is on the board while a 200 MLD plant is being planned
- 27 July 2026REPORTEDEnvironmentA village in Dholera taluka was cut off by the Bhogavo river and the disaster response force was called in
- July 2026TARGETAirportAirport reported about 80 percent complete, operations targeted for September-October 2026
- 18 July 2026REPORTEDEnergy and waterDICDL is planning a 200 MLD seawater desalination plant and has started appointing a consultant
- July 2026REPORTEDAirportEmbraer and Adani reported exploring a civil-aircraft assembly line, Dholera among candidate sites
- 10 July 2026REPORTEDConnectivityGadkari said work on extending the Dholera expressway to Bhavnagar starts within three months
- 9 July 2026REPORTEDPolicyGujarat's first data centre policy names Dholera its primary location
- 30 June 2026DURABLEIndustryNICDC monitoring report: Rs 2,784.83 crore activation packages, 545 acres allotted, Tata Chemicals named anchor
- 30 June 2026REPORTEDSemiconductorsFujifilm India signs exploratory MoU for a semiconductor materials base at Dholera
- reported mid-2026REPORTEDSemiconductorsNextGen Semiconductors outlines Rs 8,800 crore silicon and silicon-carbide platform at Dholera
- 4 June 2026REPORTEDAirportFirst aircraft lands at Dholera airport: an AAI calibration flight, not an opening
- 4 June 2026REPORTEDEnvironmentThree thousand two hundred trees are growing in Dholera's salt flats inside plastic drums
- 31 May 2026DURABLELandThe May 2026 monitoring report moves Dholera's allotted area by a single acre
- 29 May 2026REPORTEDConnectivityMore than twenty firms turned up to Western Railway's pre-bid meeting for the Dholera semi high-speed line
- 22 May 2026REPORTEDEnergy and waterGujarat plans a voltage stabiliser at a new 400 kV Dholera substation
- 19 May 2026REPORTEDIndustrySixteen students finished India's first ultra-high-purity semiconductor welding course at ITI Dholera
- 17 May 2026DURABLESemiconductorsTata Electronics confirms ASML partnership for the Dholera fab's lithography
- 13 May 2026DURABLEConnectivityCabinet approves Ahmedabad-Dholera semi-high-speed rail: Rs 20,667 crore, about 134 km, target 2030-31
- 5 May 2026REPORTEDSemiconductorsCabinet clears two more semiconductor units, one at Dholera, combined over Rs 3,900 crore
- 16 April 2026REPORTEDSemiconductorsThe government put an employment number on the Dholera zone: 21,000 persons
- 14 April 2026REPORTEDSemiconductorsCentre notifies a 66-hectare Tata Semiconductor SEZ at Dholera
- 9 April 2026DURABLESemiconductorsWhat the gazette actually says about the fab's land: 66.166 hectares, plot 255, survey number 151
- 9 April 2026DURABLESemiconductorsThe fab's zone was also made a deemed inland container depot, which is what makes the imports work
- 31 March 2026REPORTEDConnectivityAhmedabad-Dholera Expressway opens: 109 km, greenfield, access-controlled
- 30 March 2026DURABLEContradictionsTwo government releases give two different costs for the same expressway
- 17 March 2026DURABLESemiconductorsThe fab's special economic zone was approved three weeks before it was notified
- 14 March 2026REPORTEDIndustryGujarat's first sounding rocket was launched from a temporary complex at Dholera
- 2 March 2026REPORTEDAirportThe Airports Authority invited proposals to put flying training schools at Dholera airport
- 27 February 2026DURABLEConnectivityThe Ahmedabad to Dholera expressway was open to the public for testing a month before it was inaugurated
- 20 February 2026DURABLEIndustryGujarat signs L&T and Vyoma agreement for a Rs 25,000 crore AI data centre at Dholera
- February 2026REPORTEDPolicyGujarat Budget 2026-27 earmarks Rs 610 crore for Dholera trunk and logistics infrastructure
- 31 January 2026DURABLELandThe January 2026 monitoring report shows no change on any Dholera measure