Overview:
Tumkur-Sira Road situated in the north-west of Bangalore is one of the industrial cities in the state of Karnataka. It is also known as Pune-Bengaluru Highway. It lies on the NH 48 and comes under the taluk of Tumkur district. Tumkur-Sira Road is situated at a distance of 31 km from Tumakuru while 98 km from Bangalore along with NH 48. It is a headquarters of the Tumkur districts and hosts India’s first mega food park. It comes under the jurisdiction of City Municipal Council. This locality is surrounded by NH48, AH84, NH69, and AH47. Tumkur is now a middle-class majority city, with main traders, government employees, small and medium industrialists, and self-employed individuals. Due to its proximity to Bengaluru, it acts as a gateway to North Karnataka. Being on the Chennai – Mumbai industrial corridor and the infrastructure that Tumkur provides, it has the potential to be the satellite city to decongest the Bengaluru. It also has been identified as the National Investment and Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ). Tumkur is home to 25 large scale industries. This locality is also a knowledge hub in the south interior of Karnataka. It has Tumkur University, two medical colleges, five engineering colleges, 40 degree and postgraduate colleges, one dental college and many polytechnics, high and primary schools. Chinnappanahalli, Badavanahalli, Vasanthanarasapura, Bellavi, Thimmalapura, Madhugiri, Koratagere, Kurubarahalli, Katamala, Seebi, Sira, Bukkapatna, Gubbi, Nittur, etc are the neighbouring localities to Tumkur-Sira Road. Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation, KSRTC, has a divisional office situated in Tumkur City. Smart City project plans to build 100 smart cities and Tumkur is on the list for the project.
Connectivity:
The city is well-connected to Bangalore and other cities in the state by KSRTC buses. Volvo buses are available for the city, Bangalore. Frequent buses are available connecting other taluks and towns of the district. Plenty of private and Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation buses are currently operating on this route.
Three National Highways NH-48, NH-73 and NH-69 pass through the city. The three National Highways connect Tumkur to Hubli, Mangalore and Shimoga in Karnataka respectively. TCB Road (Karnataka) (Tumkur-Chelur-Bukkapatna Road) connects the people of Hagalavadi, Chelur and Bellavi Towns to Tumkur Corporation City.
Tumkur Railway Station and Mallasandra Railway Stations are the nearby railway station to this locality where you can avail interstate train.
There is also an excellent city bus connectivity with major bus stops in the areas are Sira, Tumkur Hanumanthapura Bye Pass, and Tumkur.
Proposed and Planned Infra:
There is a plan for circular metro under phase 3 of Namma Metro that would be a circular line connecting important areas like Ring Road, South East areas of Bengaluru, Old Madras Road and Sarjapur Road. A radial corridor along Magadi Road and Old Madras road also has been visualised.
The proposed ambitious 95-km Bangalore elevated corridor project of Karnataka government. It will be integrated with multi-modal transportation systems such as BMRCL, BMTC, MonoRail, etc. along with the electronic toll collection system.
The Swedish home furnishing major, IKEA has planned to set up a store in Bangalore. It would invest Rs 2,000 crore here: Rs 1,000 crore will go into the construction of the store while rest will be used in setting up multi-channel formats including meeting places and experiential stores.
The state government has also allocated 1,900 acres of Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) for an aerospace SEZ, a hardware park, and an IT park in Bengaluru.
Under-construction Pavagada solar park, also known as Shakti Sthala, is a 2GW solar complex being developed in Pavagada, Tumkur district, approximately 180 km from Bengaluru. It is expected to become the world’s biggest solar farm when completed.
There is a plan to implement a 65-km peripheral ring road in Bengaluru. After completion, it will cover the area of NICE Road - between Tumakuru Road and Hosur Road to make it a full circle.
Major landmarks near Tumkur-Sira Road:
India Food Park
Kasturi Rangappa Nayaka Fort
Mallik Rehan Tomb, Sira
Shridevi Institute Of Medical Sciences And Research Hospital
Factors for past growth:
Favourable government policies and pressure on physical infrastructures like airports, flyovers, metro corridors, and expressways are fuelling rapid growth in smaller towns. Its proximity to IT parks and industries are the major growth factors for the development of this locality. A large number of workforce, working in those industries and IT Parks want to have their residence close to their workplace. As a result, property for sale in Tumkur-Sira Road gets its proposed buyers.
Factors for future growth:
Tumkur-Sira Road is proving to be a hotspot destination for developers and investors in the markets as the demand in the region is way more than the current supply. Seeing past records for the increase in the land prices across a few locations, an investment in the growing town can easily get a good return in the year to come.
A major factor that determines the economic growth in any city is the rate of urbanization, job opportunity, public infrastructure development for people. Tumkur city is one city which has seen high investment and growth due to the advent of the industries coming up rapidly in this region. Government of India (GOI) has recognized Tumkur as an industrial smart city and also a National Investment and Manufacturing zone (NIMZ).
Infra Development (Social & Physical):
Tumkur-Sira Road possesses some best-in-class infrastructural facilities: It has many reputed schools and educational institutions in its vicinity. Seeb Agrahara School, Dodda Seebi School, Lokamba High School and Pre University College among others.
The health care facility is also good in the locality as Siragate Hospital, Thammaiah Hospital, Vinayaka Hospital, Shridevi Hospital, B Siddaramanna Hospital, Arun Hospital are serving the residents of this locality.
The major malls in the locality are Government Shopping Complex, Suprabaha Prominent, Reliance Trends, People Shopping Mall, and Jain Supermart where people can buy their daily used items.
