Minister MB Patil says 300-acre of land will be given to Foxconn soon, legal hurdles resolved

BENGALURU: The legal hurdles related to providing 300 acres of land to iPhone maker Foxconn have been resolved and the land will be handed over to the company soon, Large and Medium Industries Minister M B Patil said.

To a query by Doddaballapur MLA Dheeraj Muniraju in the Assembly on Friday, Patil said, “A total of 300 acres will be given to the company in the ITIR spread over Devanahalli and Doddaballapur taluks. The company will invest around Rs 8,500 crore to set up a manufacturing plant. The company can commence construction work immediately after the handing over of the land”, Patil said.

Doddaballapur MLA Dheeraj Muniraju poses a question in the Assembly on Friday.

“The company has planned to start production at the plant by next April. The government is facilitating the commissioning of the project which will provide 50,000 jobs”, he added.

In the last three years, three major and medium industries have come up in the Doddaballapur taluk. They have invested about Rs 110 crore and generated nearly 1,450 jobs, the minister added. (ANI)