South Asia's tallest skydeck to come up in Bengaluru

The Karnataka Cabinet on August 22 approved the ambitious project of the Bengaluru Skydeck, set to be South Asia's tallest structure. The Skydeck would be built in outer Bengaluru at a staggering cost of ₹ 500 crore.

"The government has approved South Asia's tallest Skydeck. The Skydeck will be built in the city at a cost of ₹ 500 crore. It will show a 360-degree view of India's technology capital," HK Patil, Karnataka's minister of law, and parliamentary affairs said.

This project will significantly boost the city's infrastructure and provide a 360-degree view of the Indian tech capital- Bengaluru.
The tower (Skydeck) will be approximately 250 meters high- 3 times taller than the Qutub Minar. The Qutub Minar monument in Delhi stands at 73 meters tall.

The CNTC Presidential Tower, estimated to be Bengaluru's tallest building, is over 160 meters high.

The Skydeck, set to be built on the NICE Road in outer Bengaluru, will have world-class facilities for tourists. It will be connected to the metro rail so that tourists do not face any inconvenience while traveling to reach the destination- Skydeck.

Apart from a lavish shopping complex, other facilities included inside the Sky Deck have not been confirmed as of now, reported NDTV. The government initially had plans to build the Skydeck in the middle of Bengaluru but it faced two big challenges.

First, it was difficult to find 25 acres of land in the middle of the city and second, there are establishments of the Defense Ministry in many areas of Bengaluru city, which raised their objection to such a high tower.

Having an extremely tall tower in the middle of the city could have posed a threat to civilians, and military airports. Therefore, the government chose outer Bengaluru for the ambitious Skydeck project .

The Karnataka cabinet also cleared a two-way tunnel from Hebbal to Silkboard Junction in Bangalore at the whopping cost of 1269 thousand crores.