Bengaluru, 16 Oct (H.S.):The Karnataka Cabinet has granted administrative approval for an international-standard film city in Mysuru district at an estimated cost of ₹729.43 crore, clearing the project for development under a public-private partnership model.

The proposed facility will come up on 160 acres and eight guntas in the Immavu Industrial Area of Nanjangud taluk. It is intended to provide infrastructure for filmmaking and activities associated with film production.

The Cabinet’s decision authorises the state to take up the project through the public-private partnership route. The development will focus on creating facilities needed by the film industry, with the proposed site in Mysuru district serving as the location for the integrated project.

The film city was among several proposals approved by the Cabinet, which also cleared spending on water infrastructure, horticultural education and development works in Bengaluru.

In Chikkamagaluru district, the Cabinet approved a proposal to construct a barrage across the Tunga river near the Sringeri Sharadamba Mutt. The project has been sanctioned at an estimated cost of ₹83.4 crore.

Approval was also granted for establishing a new horticulture college at Dambal in Mundargi taluk of Gadag district. The proposed institution will be set up at a cost of ₹23.6 crore, adding to the state’s infrastructure for horticultural education.

For Bengaluru, the Cabinet cleared infrastructure development works in three Assembly constituencies: Mahadevapura, Yeshwanthpur and Byatarayanapura. Each constituency will receive works worth ₹90 crore, taking the combined allocation to ₹270 crore.

The Cabinet also authorised implementation of these works through the waste management corporation identified in the proposal as BSWML.

Together, the projects outlined in the Cabinet decisions carry an estimated expenditure of ₹1,106.43 crore. The film city accounts for the largest share, followed by the combined infrastructure allocation for the three Bengaluru constituencies, the Tunga barrage and the proposed horticulture college in Gadag district.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Arun Lakshman