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Three IT parks
in TN to be opened by year end
Chennai: Three Information Technology parks,
being developed by the Tamil Nadu Government in
Tier II cities, would be inaugurated before the
end of this year, state IT Minister Poongothai
said on Tuesday. "Tamil Nadu is one of the few
states in the country to have lot of IT parks.
Currently work is on nine IT parks in places
like Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Madurai,
Salem, Coimbatore and Hosur," she told
reporters. The Tiruchirapalli IT Park
which is being set up at a cost of Rs 14.23
crore, Tirunelveli (Rs 13) crore and Madurai IT
Park (Rs 22 crore) were in advanced stages.
"These IT parks will be inaugurated before the
end of this year", she said. ELCOT
(Electronic Corporation of Tamil Nadu) is
promoting the nine IT parks in Tier I and II
cities. These are being set up under Public
Private Partnership mode in Tier II cities.
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A large number of companies had expressed
interest in the Tiruchirappalli IT park, she
said they had recently completed a roadshow to
promote the IT Parks. Tiruchirappalli,
Tirunelveli and Madurai would have
mini-buildings of about 50,000 sq ft each.
Tiruchirapalli park is filling up fast and
nearly about 32,000 sq ft had already been
reserved while for Tirunelveli 9,000 sq ft had
been booked, she said. After the government
eased the eligibility norms, even smaller
companies willing to take one acre of land had
evinced keen interest in these IT Parks. As per
earlier stipulation, the companies should have a
minim revenue of Rs five crore and acquire at
least five acres in these IT Parks. Poongothai
was speaking after formally launching new
websites initiated by ELCOT. A new Tamil Nadu
E-Governance Agency (TNeGA) website, and ELCOT
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) website were
among the sites launched by her.
