Savli is a village near

Vadodara Vadodara (), also known as Baroda, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Vadodara district and is situated on the banks of the Vishwamitri River, from the state capital ...

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in Western India. It is located near one of the

Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) was established under the ''Gujarat Industrial Development Act of 1962'', with a goal of accelerating industrialization in the state of Gujarat, India. Main role of the GIDC is to identify locati ...

centres, which includes companies such as Nirma Chemical,

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(now acquired by

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) coach factory, ABB India,

Voith Hydro The Voith Group is a German manufacturer of machines for the pulp and paper industry, technical equipment for hydropower plants and drive and braking systems. The family-owned company, which operates worldwide and has its headquarters in Hei ...

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, etc. A branch of

Santram Mandir Santram Mandir is a Hindu temple situated in Nadiad, Gujarat, India. It is run by the Santram Maharaj organization which draws from a Hindu religious figure in Gujarat. The Santram mandir runs trusts for humanitarian activities like Eye Hospi ...

is also located in this village near the

Mahi River The Mahi is a river in western India. It rises in Madhya Pradesh and, after flowing through the Vagad region of Rajasthan, enters Gujarat and flows into the Arabian Sea. It is one of the relatively few west-flowing rivers in India, alongside the ...

Economy

(GIDC) owned industrial estate spread over 800 hectares housing several engineering- and electronics-related multinational companies. The region has gained prominence since it falls on the Savli-Halol route of the Delhi–Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project (DMIC). Also, Savli has also been recognised as a location for Export Promotion Industrial Park (EPIP) which is proposed to be elevated to Special Economic Zone (SEZ). In 2009,

(now acquired by

) opened a Movia car manufacturing and electrical component manufacturing Plant, employing nearly 500 people. The plant houses a 2.5 km of testing metro track. The plant manufactures coaches for

Delhi Metro The Delhi Metro is a mass rapid transit (MRT) system serving Delhi and its satellite cities of Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Noida, Bahadurgarh and Ballabhgarh, in the National Capital Region of India. The network consists of 10 colour-cod ...

and the

New Generation Rollingstock The New Generation Rollingstock (NGR) is a class of individually-propelled carriages ("electric multiple units") manufactured by Bombardier Transportation in Savli, India for the Queensland Rail City network that entered service between Decembe ...

trains for

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. The plant will also manufacture trainsets for Delhi - Meerut RRTS Energy company

is investing around Rs 1,000 crore in Savli to add substantially to its manufacturing capacity. German players Voith Siemens and R+B Filter GmbH will be investing around Rs 150 crore and 50 crore respectively for hydroelectric.

Education

Savli is an education hub for the town and nearby villages. KJIT Savli is one of the prominent educational campus located in savli which provides KG to college level education. It is the largest educational campus in Savli. The ''K. J. Institute of Engineering and Technology'' offers offers B.E. and Diploma Courses in Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Computer - I.T. and Automobile Engineering Branches. 3 Year's BCA - Bachelor of Computer Application course is also available here. K J Vidhya Mandir - KG to 12th Std. Gujarati & English Medium School is approved by Gujarat Board. K. J. Institute of Ayurveda and Research offers 4.5 Year's B.A.M.S. Ayurveda Courses. Government I.T.I., Homeopathy College, Gangotri School is located in savli. Savli Taluka Kelavni Mandal managed Arts & Commerce college, Savli High School and H. P. Sheth Kanya school for girls are crowns of savli.

Connectivity

Savli is connected to all major towns of Gujarat by public transport service operated by

GSRTC Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation, abbreviated GSRTC, is a Government State Transport Undertaking of Gujarat for passengers facilitating with road public transport in moffusil / city services. GSRTC operates within the state of Gujarat, I ...

, with direct routes to

, Anand, and

Godhra Godhra is a municipality in Panchmahal district in Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Panchmahal district. Originally the name came from ''gou'' which means "cow" and ''dhara''- which have two meanings dependi ...

References

{{Authority control Villages in Vadodara district