{
 "site": "dholera.blog",
 "url": "https://dholera.blog/essays/dholera-port-history-question/",
 "title": "Dholera port: the history, the silt, and the modern claim",
 "author": "Bhavik Sarkhedi",
 "date": "2026-08-03",
 "primary_query": "dholera port",
 "verdict": "The port past is tradition, not record: one encyclopaedia line, one documented salt morning in April 1930, then silt, tide and silence. Nothing in the sanctioned plan or sector list restores a harbour, and Kalpasar's official geometry argues against one. Treat every port-revival pitch as decoration until a document exists. 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": "NICDC DMU report, 30.06.2026",
   "url": "https://api.nicdc.in/upload/image/dmu-Report.pdf"
  },
  {
   "label": "Census 2011: Dholera village",
   "url": "https://www.census2011.co.in"
  },
  {
   "label": "Wikipedia: Dholera SIR",
   "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dholera_Special_Investment_Region"
  },
  {
   "label": "SIR zones overview (network reference)",
   "url": "https://sir-dholera.com/zones/"
  }
 ],
 "license": "Quote freely with attribution and date."
}