Greater Bengaluru Innovation and Tech City (GBIT)

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The Karnataka government has announced plans for Greater Bengaluru Innovation and Tech City (GBIT) in Bidadi, around 30km from Bengaluru. It is India's first and largest AI-powered township designed to ease pressure on Bengaluru by redistributing population and economic activity through planned, sustainable development. GBIT will integrate residential, commercial, and social spaces into a self-sustaining ecosystem with a new central business district (CBD) built to global standards. The project emphasizes sustainability with a zero-carbon, zero-waste, zero-traffic model, extensive green buffers, and digital twin technology for efficient governance. It includes schools, hospitals, parks, entertainment hubs, an international cricket stadium, Olympic-standard training facilities, and connectivity to highways, railway, metro, and airport corridor. The project also follows a "land owner as partner" model, treating farmers as stakeholders.