State mulls greater Peenya Industrial Estate

State to develop Greater Peenya industrial estate near Bangalore

Karnataka plans to expand the Peenya Industrial Estate on the outskirts of Bangalore to accommodate new industrial units. The government plans to develop the area as the Greater Peenya industrial estate, a senior government official said.

“The government has been getting a lot of request from small and medium companies for creating new industrial estates in and around Bangalore. The government has already notified land adjacent to the Peenya industrial estate for development of Greater Peenya,” V P Baligar said.

Addressing members of Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI), here, he said the government has notified 200 acres at Nelamangala for developing Greater Peenya industrial estate. Of this, already a final notification has been issued for 135 acres, he said.

In addition to this, the government is also acquiring 600 acres at Doddaballapur, 3,000 acres near the international airport for developing new industrial townships.

The government has also received an encouraging response from industries for aerospace, software and hardware parks near the international airport, he said.

Apart from Bangalore, the government has also acquired 3,000 acres at Yadgir for developing industrial township. “We want to develop a pharma park in this place. Already the government has cleared applications from seven to eight pharma companies for setting up their facilities here. The government will create common infrastructure like effluent treatment plant and provide land for the companies,” Baligar said.

He said, for the first time, the government is promoting “walk to work” concept in the state. This means, the new industrial townships will be developed including residential colonies for workers, he explained.

Land has been identified for development of new industrial townships in other places like Hoskote, Gauribidanur, Bagepalli, Kolar, Harohalli and Bidar, he said.

The state government is also planning to acquire another 800 acres for the expansion of Mangalore Special Economic Zone in Mangalore, he added.