North Karnataka has given its approval for an electric vehicle manufacturing unit in Bagalkot district. The plant will be the first-of-its-kind in North Karnataka.
Gaurav Gupta, principal secretary, department of commerce and industries in Karnataka confirmed to TOI that a proposal submitted by Balan Engineering Pvt Ltd for manufacturing facility district had been approved by the government.
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“The unit will be set up in Achanur village in Bagalkot, and the company has also agreed to set up solar power plants and chemical units, which will help other companies invest in electric vehicles in the future. We want to encourage sustainable technologies in North Karnataka, which is growing as an industrial sector,” said Gaurav Gupta.
The electric vehicle manufacturing unit will be set up across more than 140 acres. The construction of the plant will start in January 2021.
Managing director of Karnataka Udyog Mitra HM Revanna Gowda said, “The company will start with manufacture of three-wheel vehicles for transportation of garbage for urban local bodies. This will be followed by three-wheel cargo vehicles, passenger automobiles and bikes. Once production starts and these vehicles start plying on the roads, Vijayapura and Bagalkot districts will register a sharp drop in pollution levels.”
BEPL director N Balakrishnan, said, “We have obtained licence from the state government to set up an electric vehicle manufacturing plant and an assembly unit in Bagalkot. Some of our models have been approved by the competent authorities, while other models are awaiting it. The Bagalkot plant will be a fully-integrated unit, and generate hundreds of jobs directly and indirectly. We zeroed in on Bagalkot as the site for the unit since it is close to Pune-Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru. We will start construction of the unit in January, and production will hopefully commence in the latter half of 2021.”
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