mysuru with his budget proposals on friday chief minister siddaramaiah reintroduced the ambitious film city project for the varuna segmentthe project was first proposed in 201516 when siddaramaiah was the cm later his successor hd kumaraswamy had planned to move it to the ramanagara district the project has been in a limbo since then even though more than 500 acres of land was reserved for it at ankanahalli near mysurusiddaramaiah has now proposed to set up the project in varuna which is represented by him it is expected to give a fillip to film production in mysuru and help generate jobs and contribute to the local economy the proposed film city will come up under a publicprivate partnership ppp modelin his budget speech siddaramaiah said succeeding governments intended to move the proposed film city to bengaluru however this has not yet been implemented in accordance with the earlier announcement of our government the film city will be developed in mysuru district he saidthe cm also announced a slew of new projects for his home district especially mysuru city including setting up of chamundeshwari temple development authority a cycling velodrome karnataka archaeological museum and an art gallery near banni mantap besides promoting the famous mysuru variety of jasmine nanjangudu variety of banana and the mysuru betel leaf both of which are gitagged productshe also proposed several new initiatives to strengthen the health infrastructure in mysuru this includes budgetary allocation to operationalize super speciality hospitals and burns care centre a stateoftheart skills lab research centre and an indoor sports facility by rajiv gandhi university of health sciences colleges of allied health sciences an allocation of rs 30 crore has been made to operationalise a trauma care centre apart from upgradation of facilities at the regional unit of kidwai memorial institute of oncologythe sri chamundeshwari temple development authority will undertake integrated development of chamundi hills and provide necessary infrastructure to devotees who visit the hill shrineother major proposals made in the budget for mysuru district include building of a gurdwara upgradation of the campus of karnataka exhibition authority in line with new delhis pragati maidan and strengthening the koorgalli rehabilitation centre of mysuru zooproposed karnataka archaeological museum and art gallery near bannimantap will exhibit the rich art and cultural heritage of karnataka