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| Kollam IT park gets nod |
| BS Reporter / Kochi Jul 17, 2009, 00:57 IST |
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The project implementation board of Technopark has approved the master plan for the development of an IT Park at Kollam in Kerala. Following the hub-and-spoke model of the development strategy of the IT department and the Kerala government for the promotion of the IT and ITeS industry, Technopark will develop three hubs, with Kollam being the first of its kind.
V S Achuthanandan, chief minister of Kerala, has launched the project in February 2009. The state government has already allotted 40 acre at Kundara near Kollam, along the banks of Ashtamudi lake.
The park will soon be notified as a special economic zone (SEZ). Tendering for the infrastructure development works like 110 KV substation, internal roads and water supply scheme are in progress. A modern sewage treatment plant is also part of the master plan.
Mervin Alexander, chief executive of Technopark, said Phase-I of the park, with a built-up are of 100,000 sft, was expected to be ready by August 2010.
Apart from this, developed plots of varying extents will be offered on a lease basis to interested co-developers. When completed, the IT park will have a direct employment potential of about 8,000 IT professionals.
The state Public Works Department has already initiated action to widen and develop the existing road leading to the IT Park from NH 47 at Kottiyam. The Inland Water Navigation Department has also drawn up a plan to provide facilities to promote water transport to the Park, which is expected to ease the traffic pressure on the highway. Technopark authorities have already approved the proposal for a boat jetty designed in line with the traditional Kerala architecture.
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