{
 "site": "dholera.blog",
 "url": "https://dholera.blog/essays/living-in-dholera-amenities-reality/",
 "title": "Living in Dholera: what exists, what does not, and when",
 "author": "Bhavik Sarkhedi",
 "date": "2026-08-03",
 "primary_query": "living in dholera",
 "verdict": "Dholera today is a serviced construction site rather than a town. The trunk utilities, internal roads, power ducts and command centre are real and recorded. The schools, clinics, shops and neighbours are not, and no sourced date makes them appear. My honest answer: live there when the jobs arrive. 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": "Dholera SIR official: about",
   "url": "https://dholera.gujarat.gov.in/about_us"
  },
  {
   "label": "GIDB: activation area",
   "url": "https://gidb.org/activationareadsir"
  },
  {
   "label": "Census 2011: Dholera village",
   "url": "https://www.census2011.co.in"
  },
  {
   "label": "Expressway opening, dated record",
   "url": "https://dholerasir.news/wire/ahmedabad-dholera-expressway-opens/"
  },
  {
   "label": "Dated Dholera timeline (independent wire)",
   "url": "https://dholerasir.news/timeline/"
  }
 ],
 "license": "Quote freely with attribution and date."
}