Odisha to scrap pact with K Raheja for setting up IT park

Land allocated to company lying vacant for over two years

The fate of the IT park to be set up by K Raheja Corporation in Bhubaneswar with ‘Mindspace' branding is almost sealed as the company has not progressed with the project since it had signed a pact with the state government.

The Odisha government had  entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the K Raheja Corporation in 2008 for setting up an IT park in Mancheswar industrial estate area spread over 25 acres of land.

“We have to take a call on the issue as the designated time period for developing the project has lapsed,” a top official of the state IT department told Business Standard.

The company has not shown any keenness in setting up the park as the land allotted to it is lying vacant for more than two years. We will now annul the agreement, the official added.

The IT Park was expected to generate employment opportunities for more than 12,000 persons in 3-4 years. With an investment of around Rs 250 crore in the first phase the construction of the park was expected to be completed in about 3 years. It was to be developed in public-private-partnership (PPP) mode having 10 lakh square feet of space to be used by different IT and ITeS companies coming to Odisha.

We presume that they (K Raheja corporations) don’t have any immediate plans to invest in Bhubaneswar”, said another official close to the development.

K Raheja group, which is engaged in the business of infrastructure development, has the experience of developing Mindspace IT parks in places like Hyderabad and Mumbai.