Dholera SIR will be green; industries that pollute are unwelcome: J P Shivahare

Ahmedabad: Even as Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR) is attracting manufacturing sector to set shop in the greenfield facility, it is saying no to industries that pollute, said J P Shivahare, MD, Dholera Industrial City Development. “We want to develop and maintain Dholera as a green city,” he said.

Talking to ET, he said: We are saying no to petrochemicals, chemicals and textile processing units that are keen to come to Dholera. We know that Dahej is saturated and petrochemicals would be keen to settle here. But we are keen to keep Dholera green as promised to our investors.”

The Dholera Industrial City Development (DICDL) is the special purpose vehicle (SPV) formed by the DMIC Trust and the government of Gujarat to administer the special investment region (SIR). The key attraction of the forthcoming Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit, Dholera SIR is seeking investments from aviation (MRO), pharmaceuticals, heavy engineering, solar power, apparel, et al sectors.