Karnataka clears ₹1,250-cr twin towers in Bengaluru

The Karnataka government has approved a plan to construct twin towers for housing government's offices in Bengaluru at an investment of ₹1,250-crore. The complex will come up on an area of 8.5 acres belonging to the health department at Anand Rao Circle and accommodate departments of both state and central governments. B Guruprasad, secretary, public works department, informed that each tower will have 50 floors and will be developed under a public private partnership with a built-up area of 15 lakh square feet, of which, 6 lakh square feet will be leased out to the central government. The project is to be completed in 30 months once the construction starts. Apart from this, the state cabinet has also approved the revised detailed project report for the Upper Bhadra Project, which will cost ₹21,473 crore. The project seeks to provide drinking water and irrigation facilities in central Karnataka districts for which the state will seek funding from the Central government.