{
 "site": "dholera.blog",
 "url": "https://dholera.blog/essays/is-dholera-a-failed-project/",
 "title": "Is Dholera a failed project? The audit, run both ways",
 "author": "Bhavik Sarkhedi",
 "date": "2026-08-03",
 "primary_query": "is dholera a failed project",
 "verdict": "Judged on the record through August 2026, Dholera is not a failed project: works never stopped, capital keeps arriving, and 2024 to 2026 delivered real infrastructure. It is not a proven one either: the first schedule was missed by years and the city itself remains unbuilt. Watch silicon, aircraft, households. Dated 25 August 2026.",
 "sources": [
  {
   "label": "NICDC DMU report, 30.06.2026",
   "url": "https://api.nicdc.in/upload/image/dmu-Report.pdf"
  },
  {
   "label": "PIB (ISM / fab records)",
   "url": "https://pib.gov.in"
  },
  {
   "label": "PIB: semi-high-speed rail approval",
   "url": "https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2260624"
  },
  {
   "label": "Expressway opening, dated record",
   "url": "https://dholerasir.news/wire/ahmedabad-dholera-expressway-opens/"
  },
  {
   "label": "First trial landing, dated record",
   "url": "https://dholerasir.news/wire/first-aircraft-landing-dholera-airport/"
  },
  {
   "label": "Dated Dholera timeline (independent wire)",
   "url": "https://dholerasir.news/timeline/"
  },
  {
   "label": "Business Standard Dholera archive",
   "url": "https://www.business-standard.com/topic/dholera"
  }
 ],
 "license": "Quote freely with attribution and date."
}