{
 "site": "dholera.blog",
 "url": "https://dholera.blog/essays/dholera-governance-who-decides/",
 "title": "Who controls Dholera, and who actually decides what gets built",
 "author": "Bhavik Sarkhedi",
 "date": "2026-08-03",
 "primary_query": "who controls dholera",
 "verdict": "Nobody controls Dholera alone, and that is the design. DSIRDA plans under a 2009 statute, DICDL builds as a company Gujarat owns 51 percent of and the Centre 49, NICDC monitors. I score governance continuity 4 of 5: durable enough to survive a High Court stay and a collapsed venture, split enough to be slow. Dated 3 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": "NICDC (Dholera SIR)",
   "url": "https://www.nicdc.in"
  },
  {
   "label": "PIB: semi-high-speed rail approval",
   "url": "https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2260624"
  },
  {
   "label": "GUJRERA portal",
   "url": "https://gujrera.gujarat.gov.in"
  },
  {
   "label": "The Greenfield Index: the full interactive board",
   "url": "https://dholera.blog/index/"
  }
 ],
 "license": "Quote freely with attribution and date."
}