Hospitality and Healthcare
Juniper Hotels Limited is expanding its existing commercial hotel building at Sy No. 103 (Old Sy No. 80, Block No. 9 & 10), Shettigere Village, Jala Hobli, Bangalore North Taluk, Bangalore Urban District, Karnataka, on a non-forest land parcel of 3.1576 hectares, at a total project cost of ₹134 crore (existing project cost recorded as nil, with the entire ₹134 crore attributed to the proposed expansion/modernization); the hotel's built-up area is being increased from an existing 39,397.51 sq.m to a total of 67,964.06 sq.m post-expansion, classified under Item 8(a) Building/Construction (Hotel) of the EIA Notification, 2006, and categorized as B2; the existing hotel already holds an environmental clearance dated 05/12/2017 (Proposal No. SIA/KA/NCP/69649/2017, SEIAA 85 CON 2017), with no further action having been taken after that clearance until this expansion proposal; the expansion is expected to generate about 100 permanent construction-phase jobs over a 300-day period (30,000 man-days) and, once operational, add roughly 2,582 new permanent jobs (total of 2,582 operational staff), implying a full-service hospitality facility with guest rooms, banquet and conference spaces, restaurants, kitchens, laundry, HVAC, backup power, water and sewage treatment systems, elevators, and other standard hotel infrastructure and equipment typical of a large commercial hotel property; the proposal does not involve any forest land, protected areas, eco-sensitive zones, CRZ areas, or rehabilitation and resettlement, and is currently under verification with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.