{
 "site": "dholera.blog",
 "url": "https://dholera.blog/essays/dholera-flood-question/",
 "title": "Is Dholera flood prone? The honest answer from a flat coast",
 "author": "Bhavik Sarkhedi",
 "date": "2026-08-03",
 "primary_query": "is dholera flood prone",
 "verdict": "The land is genuinely flood exposed: flat, low lying, tidal edged, and a taluka village was marooned by a swollen river in July 2026. But I can find no failure on record inside the engineered zone, and no city-scale monsoon test either. I hold both facts at once. Dated 25 August 2026.",
 "sources": [
  {
   "label": "DSIRDA sanctioned development plan",
   "url": "https://dholera.gujarat.gov.in/finaldp/15"
  },
  {
   "label": "NICDC DMU report, 30.06.2026",
   "url": "https://api.nicdc.in/upload/image/dmu-Report.pdf"
  },
  {
   "label": "Dholera SIR official: about",
   "url": "https://dholera.gujarat.gov.in/about_us"
  },
  {
   "label": "SIR zones overview (network reference)",
   "url": "https://sir-dholera.com/zones/"
  },
  {
   "label": "GIDB: activation area",
   "url": "https://gidb.org/activationareadsir"
  },
  {
   "label": "Wikipedia: Dholera SIR",
   "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dholera_Special_Investment_Region"
  }
 ],
 "license": "Quote freely with attribution and date."
}