Tumakuru woos Bengaluru's tech companies with ready office space
To start with, Tumakuru district administration has started collecting data on the number of IT professionals who daily commute from Tumakuru to Bengaluru. On Monday, Tumakuru administration posted a datasheet on social-media platforms with an appeal to techies to mention the names of companies they work for and the frequency of travel between two cities.
The district administration has received overwhelming support from techies.
"In less than two days of posting on 'X', we received details about 150 various IT companies operating in different parts of Bengaluru. We will discuss this with the IT department director Rahul SS and reach out to these companies via emails. If any company is interested in shifting or starting operations in Tumakuru, they can reach out to us directly," Tumakuru deputy commissioner Subha Kalyan said.
On the rationale behind collecting details, the DC said the plan was to urge these companies to set up branches or completely shift operations to Tumakuru.
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"As per estimates, over 5,000 techies from Tumakuru travel to Bengaluru daily. This could be more. Hence, we decided to have an open house for collecting data and formally reach out to those companies," Subha said.
Meticulous planning has gone into this shift-to-Tumakuru plan. "We discussed this plan in detail with IT secretary Ekroop Caur and Sanjeev Gupta, CEO of Karnataka Digital Economy Mission, also visited the city and inspected the availability of infrastructure.
Tumakuru has prospects of hosting software companies and IT industries. Accessing the Kempegowda International Airport from Tumakuru is easier with dedicated roads cutting through the hinterland.
Suiting the needs of IT companies that look out for plug-and-play or coworking space, kind of office space, we have ready infrastructure at the heart of the city," Subha said.
The DC said work on phases 4, 5, and 6 of the industrial township at Vasanthanarasapura on the outskirts of Tumakuru city is nearing completion and has ample provision to accommodate software and IT industries. Subha highlighted the perks that await the companies on shifting to Tumakuru: Companies can save on monthly rentals, transportation, and other expenditures.
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