bengaluru the ambitious industrial cluster creation of successive government of congressjds coalition and now the bjp appears to have faced a setback with several key sectors seeking a change in location and companies not ready to adventure out of bengaluruon friday during a review of the industrial clusters in karnataka a release by cmo said industries department principal secretary gaurva gupta informed chief minister bs yediyurappa that it has failed to attract companies to kalaburagi the proposed location for manufacture solar panelsgupta has told yediyurappa that most companies who are interested in manufacturing solar panels are not ready to move to kalaburagi due to lack of proximity to bengaluru the capital cityit may be recalled that the solar panel cluster is not the only one which is facing troubles in takingoffaccording to senior industries department yet another cluster which is facing a crisis is the sports cluster in tumkurwith traditionally strong cities like jalandhar and gurugram who have established themselves as sports goods manufacturing hub tumakuru does not have the necessary infrastructure to encourage such a specialised sector said one senior department officialthe same fate appears to have been extended towards agriculture implements cluster in bidar with few takers on account of the serious drought affect in the countryhowever persisting with this cluster and adding one more to the list the industries department has now decided to push for an ayurvedic pharma health and wellness industry cluster in shivamogga the home district of yediyurappait may be recalled that the cluster policy was introduced by the previous coalition government under former cm hd kumaraswamy as compete with china cwcthe then government had identified no less than nine niche clusters in karnataka based on the demand for key products including solar panels mobile parts tiles and sanitary fittings sporting goods toys textiles agriculture implements led lights and icb manufacturingthe same has now been rechristened as cluster policy