Foundation stone laid for Mysore IT Park

The downturn, which has made its impact on the IT industry too, has not deterred the Karnataka government from venturing into a new IT Park in Mysore.

The state government has kickstarted a Rs 15.18 crore IT Park in the Hebbal Industrial area. The first phase of the project will be on one acre where one lakh square feet building is expected to be completed in about 15 months. According to IT and BT Minister Katta Subramanya Naidu, who spoke at the function, 20,000 people are likely to get jobs here.

The chief minister laid foundation stones and inaugurated several projects and programmes costing over Rs 100 crore, to be taken up under the Rs 100 crore special grant made by the state government and under the State Finance Commission allocation for the development of Mysore.

He also laid foundation stone for works costing over Rs 1.88 crore under the 18 per cent fund allocation to be taken up in areas where scheduled castes live in the city.

These works are to be taken up by the Mysore City Corporation, Mysore Urban Development Authority and other departments of the State Government in the district.

Some of the major projects cover road works in the district for over Rs 50 crore, development of Mysore’s famous Kukkarahalli Tank by Mysore University (Rs 1.50 crore), reconstruction of the road bridge on K R S Road (Rs 7.7 crore), and construction of Government Girls’ Pre-University College building at People’s Park (Rs 1 crore).

He also declared open a 3,000 metric tonne capacity godown constructed by the State Warehousing Corporation at the Hebbal Industrial Area, the Rs 2.19 crore Dewan Purnaiah Building, built in memory of the former Dewan of Mysore, where existed the famous Dewan Purnaiah Choultry and the renovated IPD block of the K R Hospital.

While inaugurating the centenary celebrations of the Mysore Ayurvedic College, the chief minister announced the setting up of a university for Ayurveda studies from 2009-10 academic year with Central assistance. The Centre had come forward to support the proposal, he said.

He also announced a new 100-bed Panchakarma Hospital wing for which Rs. 1 crore is already released and five more post-graduate courses in Ayurveda in addition to the existing two in the College this year.