New software park in Bhubaneswar (Dharitri#15-8-00) ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- Bhubaneswar: Orissa is not far behind the software savvy states like Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. An IT Park christened as 'Infocity' and constructed on a sprawling area of 205 acres of land in the Chandaka Industrial Estate is ready to welcome major software giants in the country. Union Minister for Information &Technology Pramod Mahajan would inaugurate the Park on 19 August. Talking to newsmen at a press conference a couple of days back, Asit Tripathy, Chairman, Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO) informed that Rs.255 million have been spent for the construction of the Park. While the Central government has provided Rs.100 million, the state government has provided Rs.52.5 million. An advance amount of Rs.4 million has been given to the Telecom Department for 1000 telephone lines to the Park. Out of the total land area of 205 acres, 140 acres of land have been earmarked for sale. Software major Infosys Technologies Limited has began construction work of its development centre in an area of 25 acres of land in the Park and another 25 acres of land has been reserved by the company. The project work would be finished by the end of December. An amount of Rs.506 million would be spent in the first phase. At least 1200 software engineers would be employed in the new office of the company. Other software companies like Web-Technologies Limited (New Delhi), News & Company Limited (Mumbai) and other state based software companies have applied for land in the Infocity. However, though many reputed Multinationals based at Bangalore are interested to open development centres here, they are showing reluctance due to lack of direct flight facilities between the two cities. Leading software company Wipro has also shown interest in purchasing 30 acres of land once direct flight facility between Bhubaneswar and Bangalore is established |
