While changes are taking place to develop industries beyond Bengaluru, there is a need to fast-track them, says Union Minister Joshi

Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines Pralhad Joshi said that while changes were happening to develop industries ‘Beyond Benglauru’, there was need for fast-tracking the changes in tune with the pace of technological advancements and developments across the globe.

Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines Pralhad Joshi said that while changes were taking place to develop industries beyond Benglauru, there was a need to fast-track these changes in tune with the pace of technological advancements and developments across the globe.

He was inaugurating ‘Techceleration-2022’, a part of ‘Beyond Bengaluru’ initiative with focus on the Hubballi-Dharwad- Belagavi cluster in Hubballi on Monday.

“For industrial development to happen beyond Bengaluru, there is need for creating awareness that there was scope for growth beyond Bengaluru so that more investments were made in tier-2, tier-3 cities. The Centre in its policies has given importance to developing tier-2 cities,” he said.

The Union Minister also promised that the Central government would be willing to help with regard to policy changes, if any, required for development of industries and entrepreneurship in tier-2 cities.

Elaborating on the significance of development of logicistics, the Minister said that efforts were on to make the Hubballi-Ankola railway project a reality soon, keeping in mind the development of the region. 

Following continuous follow-up at the Central government, an experts’ committee was now holding stakeholders’ meetings and they were hopeful of the project becoming a reality soon.

Mr. Joshi said that efforts were also on to develop the Belekeri port, which was a natural harbour so that more import-export business could be promoted from North Karnataka.