Nirmala Sitharaman's Dream Project Takes Off In Mysuru - A Rs 81 Crore Planetarium
NDTV
Mysuru: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the 'Cosmos' planetarium will offer data which can be used by young scientists for "future learning".
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said 'Cosmos', coming up on the Mysuru University campus would be more than just a planetarium to gaze at the sky on a real time basis as it will offer data which can be used by young scientists for "future learning".
After laying the foundation stone for state-of-the-art planetarium, 'Cosmos', Mr Sitharaman said, "It's not just a planetarium for which all of your have gathered. A planetarium, yes, but it is more than a planetarium. It is going to give you all the data that you can use."
Coming up at an estimated cost of Rs 81 crore from Ms Sitharaman's MP Local Area Development (MPLAD) fund, the project is expected to be ready by March 2023.
Speaking on the idea behind setting up a planetarium on the sprawling campus of the University of Mysore, the Finance Minister, who is a Rajya Sabha member from Karnataka, said she always wanted to recreate a 'beautiful, undisturbed and no glare Leh sky' in Mysuru.
