Karnataka is planning to develop nine water aerodromes to establish connectivity and promote tourism. The government believes it will only need to spend a smaller cost to develop the infrastructure.

Valiant Communications has announced the receipt of order for supply and commissioning of its indigenously developed and manufactured communication, protection and synchronisation solutions from Tejas Networks, a Tata Group company.

The foundation stone for the construction of a multi-storied housing project having 930 houses for economically weaker sections of society in Shakti Nagar will be laid this December.

Work on the doubling of the Baiyappanahalli-Hosur line (48 km) is gathering pace with KRIDE set to commission a 12 km section of the line within the next three months, and setting a deadline of March 2023 for the Baiyappanahalli-Bellandur section.

Karnataka Energy Minister V Sunil Kumar said the state will focus on green energy parks and aim to set up 10 Gigawatt power plants in the next five years.

Delhi-based ReNew Power signed up with Karnataka proposing to invest Rs 50,000 crore in solar, wind and hybrid projects, battery storage and green hydrogen plant over a seven year period.

The state government has decided to give a facelift to Hanur-MM Hills - Palar road to promote religious-ecotourism activities in Chamarajanagar district. The government has sanctioned Rs 135 crore under Karnataka State Highways Improvement Project (K Ship) to widen and develop the stretch that passes through dense forest which was once a den of slain forest brigand Veerappan.

The Karnataka government has approved 60 industrial projects worth Rs 2,465.94 crore that would generate jobs for over 8,575 people in the State. The 131st State-level single-window clearance committee (SLSWCC) meeting held under the chairmanship of Minister for Large and Medium Scale Industries Murugesh R Nirani on Saturday cleared the projects.

A high-level committee, chaired by Municipal Administration Minister MTB Nagaraj, approved plans to take up works at a cost of Rs 1,519 crore in small urban centres in 15 districts. This is the fourth phase of the Chief Minister’s Amruta Nagarothana Yojana in urban local bodies, covering Bengaluru Rural (Rs 80.34 crore), Mandya (Rs 89.25 crore), Kolar (Rs 123.25 crore), Chikkaballapur (Rs 84.82 crore), Dakshina Kannada (Rs 72.25 crore), Dharwad (Rs 29.75 crore), Gadag (Rs 55.25 crore), Koppal (Rs 106.25 crore), Haveri (Rs 97.75 crore), Raichur: (Rs 110.50 crore), Yadgir Rs (114.75 crore), Bidar (Rs 97.75 crore), Shivamogga (Rs 106.25 crore), Bagalkot (Rs 208.25 crore) and Uttara Kannada (Rs 143.02 crore). The projects will be executed over two years ending by 2024-25.