{
 "site": "dholera.blog",
 "url": "https://dholera.blog/essays/dholera-timeline-of-slipped-dates/",
 "title": "Dholera delays: every slipped date, and what they predict",
 "author": "Bhavik Sarkhedi",
 "date": "2026-08-03",
 "primary_query": "dholera delays",
 "verdict": "Dholera has missed more dates than it has met, and the misses cluster in one category: things announced without a contract behind them. Funded work with a contractor and a monitoring report arrives, years late. Announced work arrives when it feels like it, or never. Read every Dholera date as ordering, not scheduling. Dated 3 August 2026.",
 "sources": [
  {
   "label": "NICDC DMU report, 30.06.2026",
   "url": "https://api.nicdc.in/upload/image/dmu-Report.pdf"
  },
  {
   "label": "Dated Dholera timeline (independent wire)",
   "url": "https://dholerasir.news/timeline/"
  },
  {
   "label": "First trial landing, dated record",
   "url": "https://dholerasir.news/wire/first-aircraft-landing-dholera-airport/"
  },
  {
   "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": "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"
  }
 ],
 "license": "Quote freely with attribution and date."
}