Punjab to set up IT park at Rajpura

The Punjab government has decided to establish a self-contained integrated information technology and knowledge industry park spread over an area of 1,276 acres at Rajpura. Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal gave his in-principle approval for acquisition of common land in contiguity of six villages in one go for the setting up of the prestigious industrial park for IT/ITeS industry.

The upcoming industrial park would house the companies operating in business process outsourcing, knowledge process outsourcing, legal process outsourcing and engineering process outsourcing. Besides software companies, software testing companies, hardware manufacturing companies, multimedia, graphic, animation and gaming industry, eAdvertising, eMarketing and ePublishing houses, consultancy firms and education & training institutions would also come up in the IT park.

The CM asked the Punjab Information & Communication Technology Corporation Ltd. which is the nodal agency to implement this project, to engage the services of some renowned international consultants for designing and developing the project and suggested to invite a global tender for seeking expression of interest from the interested consultants .

Industries & Commerce Principal Secretary S S Channy said the project would be developed in a phased manner with residential and social infrastructure facilities such as healthcare, recreation, health clubs and hotels. He said that efficient and reliable power, water, waste management and technology facilities would be provided to the prospective entrepreneurs. A comprehensive network of logistic system encompassing road, rail and air linkages would be ensured besides adequate focus on security and disaster management systems. It had also been proposed to install internet tower with satellite connectivity for direct software export and communication and wi-max technology for high-speed wireless connectivity in SEZ. Exhibition centres including IT-BPO and international trade facilitation centre would also be set up there.