{
 "site": "dholera.blog",
 "url": "https://dholera.blog/essays/dholera-vs-songdo/",
 "title": "Dholera vs Songdo: what the wired city really proves",
 "author": "Bhavik Sarkhedi",
 "date": "2026-08-03",
 "primary_query": "dholera vs songdo",
 "verdict": "Songdo outranks Dholera, 3.65 to 3.10, fifth against eighth, and the entire net gap sits in one row: people. On anchor realism, financing and governance, Dholera's line is actually stronger. Songdo teaches that a greenfield fills through connection and institutions, not wiring, and that it takes twenty years. Dated 25 August 2026.",
 "sources": [
  {
   "label": "Dholera SIR official: about",
   "url": "https://dholera.gujarat.gov.in/about_us"
  },
  {
   "label": "Fab approval, dated record",
   "url": "https://dholerasir.news/wire/tata-psmc-fab-approved-dholera/"
  },
  {
   "label": "Expressway opening, dated record",
   "url": "https://dholerasir.news/wire/ahmedabad-dholera-expressway-opens/"
  },
  {
   "label": "PIB: semi-high-speed rail approval",
   "url": "https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2260624"
  },
  {
   "label": "GIFT City official",
   "url": "https://www.giftgujarat.in"
  },
  {
   "label": "Dated Dholera timeline (independent wire)",
   "url": "https://dholerasir.news/timeline/"
  }
 ],
 "license": "Quote freely with attribution and date."
}