{
 "site": "dholera.blog",
 "url": "https://dholera.blog/essays/dholera-land-acquisition-history/",
 "title": "Dholera land acquisition: what the contested decade settled",
 "author": "Bhavik Sarkhedi",
 "date": "2026-08-03",
 "primary_query": "dholera land acquisition",
 "verdict": "Dholera's land story is not a smooth pooling fable. Petitions ran from 2013 to 2015, the High Court stayed acquisition, and by 2017 only about 290 of 900 plus sq km stood secured. The project survived by building where consent existed. Future phases inherit that lesson, and so should buyers. Dated 25 August 2026.",
 "sources": [
  {
   "label": "Dholera SIR official: about",
   "url": "https://dholera.gujarat.gov.in/about_us"
  },
  {
   "label": "DSIRDA sanctioned development plan",
   "url": "https://dholera.gujarat.gov.in/finaldp/15"
  },
  {
   "label": "Business Standard Dholera archive",
   "url": "https://www.business-standard.com/topic/dholera"
  },
  {
   "label": "NICDC DMU report, 30.06.2026",
   "url": "https://api.nicdc.in/upload/image/dmu-Report.pdf"
  },
  {
   "label": "NHAI",
   "url": "https://nhai.gov.in"
  },
  {
   "label": "Wikipedia: Dholera SIR",
   "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dholera_Special_Investment_Region"
  }
 ],
 "license": "Quote freely with attribution and date."
}