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State plans 4 new IT parks, 3 of them in north Bengal
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Kolkata: Bengal govt has planned to set up four new IT parks, of which three are in north Bengal and the other in Hooghly's Chinsurah. The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) has started work for the IT park in Kurseong while construction of another in Kalimpong is set to begin soon.
State IT and electronics minister
Babul Supriyo
said: "We are focusing on development of IT infrastructure in north Bengal in a big way. There are three IT parks in Siliguri and all of them are functional with 100% occupancy, which encouraged us to set up three more in north Bengal. GTA has been given the responsibility to construct the IT park in Kurseong and work has started in full swing."
"A place around Delo has been identified for the IT park in Kalimpong and work will begin soon.
We are also planning another IT park in Jalpaiguri," he said.
Bengal has 22 IT parks where the occupancy ranges from 80% to 100%, the minister said. All these IT parks were built and are managed by WBEIDC(Webel), a state PSU under the department of IT & Electronics.
Anoop Kumar Agrawal, additional chief secretary in the department of IT and electronics, also spoke about the upcoming four IT parks while addressing the 16th edition of Business IT Conclave organised by Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry in association with World Trade Center, NDITA and others on Friday.
"We have a hardware park in Sonarpur where land is available for allotment at competitive rates," he said.
