{
 "site": "dholera.blog",
 "url": "https://dholera.blog/essays/dholera-questions-i-cannot-answer/",
 "title": "Dholera unanswered questions: what the record cannot tell you",
 "author": "Bhavik Sarkhedi",
 "date": "2026-08-03",
 "primary_query": "dholera unanswered questions",
 "verdict": "There are seven things about Dholera I genuinely cannot answer from the public record, and no honest writer can. Prices, the village list, zone percentages, resident counts, cumulative spend, the as-built lane count, the airport's full cost. For each I can tell you what is missing, why, and exactly what would settle it. Dated 3 August 2026.",
 "sources": [
  {
   "label": "NICDC DMU report, 30.06.2026",
   "url": "https://api.nicdc.in/upload/image/dmu-Report.pdf"
  },
  {
   "label": "DSIRDA sanctioned development plan",
   "url": "https://dholera.gujarat.gov.in/finaldp/15"
  },
  {
   "label": "PIB: semi-high-speed rail approval",
   "url": "https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2260624"
  },
  {
   "label": "Census 2011: Dholera village",
   "url": "https://www.census2011.co.in"
  },
  {
   "label": "GUJRERA portal",
   "url": "https://gujrera.gujarat.gov.in"
  },
  {
   "label": "Sarkhedi (2026), Why Greenfield Cities Succeed or Fail, preprint, free download",
   "url": "https://dholera.blog/library/"
  },
  {
   "label": "Dated Dholera timeline (independent wire)",
   "url": "https://dholerasir.news/timeline/"
  }
 ],
 "license": "Quote freely with attribution and date."
}