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| Tiruchi IT park will be inaugurated next month Sep 26, 09 |
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Orders on allotment of land to 10 IT firms to be issued soon
TIRUCHI: The Tiruchi IT Park, at Navalpattu in the outskirts of the city, would be inaugurated next month, said Santhosh Babu, Managing Director, Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu (ELCOT), here on Friday.
The Information Technology Park, covering an area of about 147 acres of land, has already been notified as a Special Economic Zone by the Union government. Orders on allotment of lands to about 10 IT companies, including Cognizant Technology Solutions, would be issued within the next few days.
Work on creating the infrastructure such as compound walls, roads, drains and cable network at the park premises had begun. Construction of about 50,000 square feet of built space to serve as an incubation centre of the ELCOT at a cost of Rs.14 crore would begin within the next few days, Mr. Babu told media persons.
Stating that the government was taking all steps to promote tier II cities as IT destinations, Mr. Babu maintained that there had been a good response from IT companies to the Tiruchi IT Park and 16 firms had applied for allotment of land.
“We held a meeting with the companies and they have promised to start construction as soon the park is inaugurated,” he said.
ELCOT had also planned to hold ‘Empower IT’ meet in Tiruchi, probably next month, to bring students and employers on a common platform so that candidates could understand the industrial requirements and equip them accordingly.
Service centres
Mr. Babu also disclosed that 2,800 common service centres out of the total 5,440 planned in the State had already been set up as part of e-governance project. The centres would provide various online services such as issue of encumbrance certificates and copies of land ‘chitta adankal.’ In Tiruchi district, 160 such centres would be established. The remaining centres would be established by the end of this financial year. ELCOT had planned to establish similar centres in urban areas also.
Earlier, Mr. Babu visited the park site and held discussions with representatives of industry and educational institutions of the city. Collector T. Soundiah and other officials attended the meeting.
source : THE HINDU 26/09/09 |
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