Veteran actor Sanjay Khan gets nod to build theme park in Agra.

Based on the idea of depicting the history and culture of seven cities, veteran actor and film director Sanjay Khan has been given the green signal by the Uttar Pradesh government to set up a theme park in Agra.

Spread over an area of nearly 1,000 acres, the theme park will require an investment of over Rs. 1,000 crore.

The state government has already initiated steps towards setting up of the theme park by issuing notices for acquisition of land from the farmers for the project.

A Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) will be formed soon to transfer the equity to Khan. The total cost of the land for the project will be nearly Rs. 590 crore.

Khan, who held several meetings with state government officials earlier, had recently met Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav for his dream project. Khan also showed a 15-minute promotional film about the project to the CM, following which he has been allowed to set up the theme park.

THE INDIAN EXPRESS