{
 "site": "dholera.blog",
 "url": "https://dholera.blog/essays/what-shenzhen-teaches-dholera/",
 "title": "The Shenzhen lessons India can actually use at Dholera",
 "author": "Bhavik Sarkhedi",
 "date": "2026-08-03",
 "primary_query": "shenzhen lessons india",
 "verdict": "Shenzhen is the only unambiguous success in this sample of eighteen, and three quarters of its lead over Dholera sits in two dimensions that measure elapsed time rather than design quality. I read it as an existence proof that the type can work, not a template Dholera can follow. Dated 3 August 2026.",
 "sources": [
  {
   "label": "The Greenfield Index: the full interactive board",
   "url": "https://dholera.blog/index/"
  },
  {
   "label": "Sarkhedi (2026), Why Greenfield Cities Succeed or Fail, preprint, free download",
   "url": "https://dholera.blog/library/"
  },
  {
   "label": "NICDC DMU report, 30.06.2026",
   "url": "https://api.nicdc.in/upload/image/dmu-Report.pdf"
  },
  {
   "label": "Dholera SIR official: about",
   "url": "https://dholera.gujarat.gov.in/about_us"
  },
  {
   "label": "Fab approval, dated record",
   "url": "https://dholerasir.news/wire/tata-psmc-fab-approved-dholera/"
  },
  {
   "label": "Expressway opening, dated record",
   "url": "https://dholerasir.news/wire/ahmedabad-dholera-expressway-opens/"
  },
  {
   "label": "GIFT City official",
   "url": "https://www.giftgujarat.in"
  }
 ],
 "license": "Quote freely with attribution and date."
}