The Karnataka Cabinet has approved construction of a greenfield domestic airport at Hassan. The airport will promote industries in the region and decongest Bengaluru. The airport construction works will be taken up in two phases. The foundation stone for the airport was laid in 2007 and was to be taken up on a build-own-operate-transfer (BOOT) model for which the Jupiter Aviation Services has signed an agreement with the State Government. The private partner did not commence the work as it wanted more land to build the airport. The agreement was cancelled during the previous government.
The Karnataka Cabinet also approved Rs 1,500 crore World Bank funding for the assisted Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP) in Phase-II and Phase-III in respect of 58 dams. The Cabinet also accorded approval to take up three lift irrigation projects worth Rs 1,252 crore cleared by NABARD.