NEW DELHI— Japan’s Ambassador to India, Keiichi Ono, led a high-level delegation of prominent Japanese companies on an official visit to the Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR) in Gujarat—India’s greenfield smart industrial city under the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), the Ministry of Commerce and Industry announced Thursday.
The visit marked a key milestone in strengthening industrial cooperation between India and Japan, anchored in shared values of innovation, sustainability, and inclusive development.
The two-day engagement began with a conference session in Ahmedabad, followed by a site visit to Dholera SIR. The Japanese delegation, accompanied by officials from Dholera Industrial City Development Ltd. (DICDL) and the National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (NICDC), toured the city’s planned infrastructure and key facilities.
Site visits included the Water Treatment Plant, Canal Front Development, Power Substation, the under-construction Tata Electronics semiconductor fabrication plant, and the ABCD Building, which houses the Integrated Command and Control Center (ICCC) and the Experience Center.
The delegation received a detailed briefing on the Tata Electronics semiconductor fab, being developed in partnership with Taiwan’s Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (PSMC). This facility is a flagship project under the Semicon India Programme and is part of more than ₹1.54 lakh crore (approximately $18.5 billion) in semiconductor-related investments currently underway in Gujarat.
Delegates also reviewed Dholera’s planned social infrastructure, including a multi-specialty hospital, fire station, integrated school, premium guesthouse, residential and commercial complexes, and hospitality zones—designed to make Dholera a fully livable and investment-ready smart city.
Dholera embodies India’s Vision 2047 of becoming a developed, self-reliant, and innovation-driven economy. With multimodal connectivity via the Ahmedabad–Dholera Expressway and the upcoming Greenfield International Airport, plug-and-play industrial zones, real-time governance through ICCC, and resilient utility infrastructure, Dholera is envisioned as more than an industrial hub—it is positioned as a gateway to India’s future in advanced manufacturing.
The Japanese delegation’s visit underscores Dholera’s growing global significance and its role in strengthening India’s industrial and technological partnerships, the ministry added in its statement. (Source: IANS)
