This article shall draw a comparison between two smart cities of India: Tiruchirapalli v/s Dholera Smart City!

Dholera is being developed as the first smart city of India. Located in Gulf of Khambhat, Gujarat,the city covers 920 square kilometers of which 567 square kilometers is developable area. Dholera shall be built in 3 phases with each phase consuming a decades time. The entire Dholera project should be completed by 2040. Dholera, India’s Biggest/Largest Greenfield Smart city of India, first ever of its kind to be developed in India.

Tiruchirapalli is located in the heart of Tamil Nadu and spreads across 167 square kilometers. With a population of over 9 lakh residents, the smart city is the fourth largest urban agglomeration in the state. The city bears historical significance and is home to many nationally recognized institutes such as IIM, IIIT and NITT.

• Dholera Smart City is strategically located near the DMIC corridor making it a potential global trading and manufacturing hub. The city is brimming with economic opportunities owing to its location, dynamics and thrust from the government. Tiruchirapalliis yet at the nascent stage of smart city contest and shall take a long time to match Dholera’s economic popularity.
• Dholera has received Rs. 5,400 crores of funding (appx) in various forms while the initial funding for Tiruchirapalli is still to be decided by the central government. Therefore Dholera has a head start over Tiruchirapalli which is also evident from the base infrastructure activities that have begun at a rapid pace in India’s first smart city.
• Property prices in Dholera are quite low as compared to Tiruchirapalliwhich makes the former an investor’s choice. Bigger piece of land in Dholera can be bought at the same price of buying a small chunk in the city of Tamil Nadu.

To conclude from the above points, Dholera Smart City scores better than Tiruchirapalli and therefore shall turn out to be a smarter city in due course of time.

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