SKS Netgate to construct the tallest skyscraper in Mangalore.

SKS Netgate to construct the tallest skyscraper in Mangalore.

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, Dec 14, 2010: Planet SKS, a mega eco-housing project worth Rs. 150 crore, which boasts of becoming the tallest skyscraper in Mangalore and changing the entire skyline of the city, will be launched on a 4.25-acre plot off NH 17 near Kadri Park, Mangalore on Dec 15, Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. 

 

Shashi Kiran Shetty, the Chairman and MD of SKS Netgate Pvt. Ltd., the promoters of this project, informed reporters at a press conference held at Hotel Ocean Pearl that the project will be developed according to eco friendly standards set by the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC). The project will also adhere to the silver rating guidelines of IGBC, the first rating programme developed in India exclusively for residential structures. Planet Sks will contribute 89 percent open spaces for conservation.  

Revealing further details about the skyscraper, he said that it will be 375ft tall with three wings and around 184 three-bedroom and four-bedroom units with 412 covered car parks for residents and 30 for their visitors. Planet Sks will devote nearly 38,000sq.ft. for club house, health club, gymnasium, spa, and a roof helipad.  

The mothers of the project directors Susheela Shetty, Leelavathi Hegde, and Vimala Shetty will launch the project and Shri Rama Vidhya Kendra Convener Dr. K. Prabhakar Bhat will light the lamp. Various features of Planet Sks will be launched by prominent citizens such as Intelnet Global Services CEO and MD Sushir Hegde, Dr. Prabhakar Bhat, District-in-charge Minister Krishna J. Palemar, MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, MLA Yogeesh Bhat, MLA U. T. Khader, IGP (western range) Alok Mohan, DC Subodh Yadav, Mangalore Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh, and others.  

The skyscraper will be completely self-sufficient without creating any harm to the city’s infrastructure. The project will implement the reduction, reuse, and recycling of waste. Planet Sks not only aims at becoming the tallest building, but will be constructed with passion with no chemical hardening to accelerate the building process. Mr. Shetty said that the company had constructed a building with 32 floors in Bangalore.  

Project director Sanath Kumar Shetty and civil engineer B. S. Raghuram were present during the press conference.