{
 "site": "dholera.blog",
 "url": "https://dholera.blog/essays/dholera-risks-nobody-lists/",
 "title": "Dholera Smart City Risks: The Full Ledger, Unhedged",
 "author": "Bhavik Sarkhedi",
 "date": "2026-08-03",
 "primary_query": "dholera smart city risks",
 "verdict": "The risks here are real and mostly unhedgeable: one anchor, a calendar that runs late, low coastal land, a litigated land history, and a population of 2,779 where a million is promised. None of that makes Dholera a bad bet. It makes it a bet, which is not how it is usually sold. 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": "Fab approval, dated record",
   "url": "https://dholerasir.news/wire/tata-psmc-fab-approved-dholera/"
  },
  {
   "label": "Business Standard Dholera archive",
   "url": "https://www.business-standard.com/topic/dholera"
  },
  {
   "label": "GUJRERA portal",
   "url": "https://gujrera.gujarat.gov.in"
  },
  {
   "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"
  }
 ],
 "license": "Quote freely with attribution and date."
}