IT czars meet on May 20

IT czars meet on May 20
The Newindpress.com

Tuesday May 9 2006 11:35 IST

HUBLI: Revenue and District incharge Minister Jagadish Shettar has disclosed that a meet of investors and ‘bigwigs’ of information technology will be held in Hubli on May 20 to attract investors toward north Karnataka.

Speaking to reporters after performing bhoomi pooja to take up developmental works at a cost of Rs 2.65 crore at the Gokul industrial area here on Monday, Shettar said a high-level committee meeting was held to discuss the IT meet in Hubli and officials concerned had been directed to begin work on the proposed meet.

The proposed investors meet intended to attract industrialists and persuade them to set up their firms in Hubli-Dharwad. The meet would focus on potential needed to set up the industries, he added.

Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy and deputy Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa had been invited to inaugurate the meet, said Shettar, adding that the investors meet was considered to be a fallout of the efforts to place the twin cities on the IT map.

The Minister disclosed that already, six IT firms had shown encouraging signs to set up their firms in Hubli, and to this effect, the government had decided to fix Rs 10 per sq metre as an encouraging move to industrialists who purchase business establishments in Hubli IT Park.

He said the Chief Minister and deputy CM would hold consultations with Ratan Tata to persuade him not to move the proposed Tata Motors’ car manufacturing unit out of Dharwad.

Extending his co-operation, Prahlad Joshi, Member of Parliament, asked small scale industrialists to furnish their problems and demands.

Choudappa, general manager, KSIDC and R Basavaraju, additional director, Department of Industries, were present.