As early as 2010, it was planned KalaMandir to be rebuilt as a Shopping complex, and now the same is yielding fruits under the Smart city project.
The Kala Mandir property has now been officially handed over to Belagavi Smart city Ltd and now the work on the development could begin soon.
Kalamandir, Tilakwadi which now is home to garbage trucks, the entire structure will be demolished and a new commercial complex would be built.
Development of Kalamandir – 46.68 Crore
Contractor: Yankee Construction Bengaluru
Completion date: Feb 2021
Basement+Ground+2 floors, where the second floor will have a Multiplex.
Basement: Car Parking
Ground Floor: Shops
First Floor: Shops & Food Court
Second Floor: Meeting Hall Lobby, Multiplex which will have a steel roof
Also it will have a hawkers zone. 42 shop owners who were basically rehabilitated from Congress road after master plan have gone to court. The work would be commenced but those shops won’t be demolished.
The area on which these 42 shops are built was to be part of the overall development but as of now work will commence leaving this part.
It’s been said and the news regarding the same has been published numerous times on AAB. Same in case of the long pending ring road, nothing in real to see. Hope this time it’s for real, real soon.