Tesla to set up Electric Car manufacturing unit in Karnataka

Bengaluru, Feb 13 (UNI) Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Saturday said that billionaire Elon Musk-led Tesla will set up its electric car manufacturing unit in the state as he listed out at least nine benefits promised in the Union Budget.
American firm Tesla will open its electric car manufacturing unit in Karnataka,” Yediyurappa said in a statement. The reference to Tesla came immediately after he said an industrial corridor is coming up at Tumakuru at a cost of Rs 7,725 crore that would generate 2.8 lakh jobs.
Last month, Tesla registered its subsidiary Tesla India Motors and Energy Private Ltd in Bengaluru. Yediyurappa had then tweeted that the electric car giant would open its R&D unit in Bengaluru.
Yediyurappa, Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai and Housing Minister V Somanna separately lauded the Union Budget and all of them listed out what it offered Karnataka. This, after the administration, is said to have spent the past couple of days reading through the fine print of the Union Budget.
According to Yediyurappa, Karnataka will get Rs 10.904 crore for 33 national highway projects spanning 1,197 km. In north Karnataka, 13 highway projects worth Rs 21,000 crore have been cleared in 2021-22. The State will get basic infrastructure updates worth Rs 1.16 lakh crore.
Bengaluru alone has received Rs 14,788 crore for Phase 2 of the Namma Metro project and Rs 23,093 crore for the suburban rail. For other railway projects, the state will get Rs 4,870 crore.
While the Kochi-Mangalore gas pipeline has been launched, Yediyurappa said the tunnel project at Shiradi Ghat connecting Bengaluru and Mangaluru had been approved. He said Rs 10,000 crore was released for the 13-km tunnel.
“This is a historic budget,” Yediyurappa said. “It will complement farm output increase, creation of infrastructure and improvement of the health sector,” he said, adding that the Union Budget would help “comprehensive” development of the country.