The Karnataka government is mulling to turn abandoned 3,212 acres of Kolar Gold Field (KGF) into an Industrial township. Murugesh Nirani, Minister for Large and Medium Industries has already submitted a proposal in this regard to the central government.

Kolar Gold Field is presently under Bharath Gold Mines Limited and after conducting the drone survey, the central government has said that mining is not feasible here. A request has been made to Union Minister for Coal and Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi to convert available land at Kolar Gold Field into an Industrial township, explained minister Murugesh Nirani on Wednesday evening. "This would help the development of Bengaluru Rural, Kolar, Chikkaballapur and surrounding areas. Kolar Gold Field is located within a distance of 100 kilometres from Bengaluru which has world-class highways, KempeGowda International Airport (KIAL), railway connection," he stated.

He further stated that union minister Pralhad Joshi has assured him that he would send a team to study the feasibility and has also promised all help from the central government to utilise the land at KGF, he added.

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