It’s being pitched by the Karnataka government as the project that will put Bangalore in the league of a Shanghai or a Singapore — a cluster of five privately built satellite townships spread over a total of 60,691acres around Bangalore.

Shanghai Urban Construction Corporation and Singapore’s Jurong Construction Company are among the 32 consortia vying for a place on the shortlist of bidders for the first of the townships due to be announced on December 15.

Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, who is personally pitching for the estimated Rs 30,000-crore townships project, has sent out the message that the government will not allow any obstacle to stall the project or allow it to go the Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor way.

The first township is to be created on 9684 acres, including 6969 acres of private land, in Kumaraswamy’s Ramanagaram constituency.

While the Karnataka government will acquire land for the project, the private consortia picked to implement and own the properties will create the “economic-residential” township from scratch, providing every amenity from power to connectivity.

“The project has been inspired by efforts in countries like China, Singapore and the US. In terms of scale it is one of the biggest township projects in India,’’ says N Sriraman, additional commissioner at the Bangalore Metropolitan Region Development Authority, the nodal government agency for the project.

“The project is expected to offer the comforts and facilities available in Bangalore — minus the congestion, traffic, in a serene atmosphere, ‘’ says a planning official in the state urban development department.

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