Nine IT firms seek land in twin cities
The Hindu.com
Staff Correspondent
Government to hold talks with companies keen on Hubli-Dharwad
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# Government to identify 100 acres of land between Hubli and Dharwad for IT city
# Decision on land rates and rebates for IT companies to be taken soon
# Another website providing information on the twin cities to be launched soon
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DHARWAD: Revenue Minister Jagadish Shettar has said that the Government will soon hold talks with the heads of information technology companies that are keen on setting up their units in Hubli and Dharwad.
Presiding over a meeting here on Sunday, Mr. Shettar said that two major and seven small information technology companies had sought land for establishing their units in the twin cities.
Decision soon
The Government was in the process of identifying some 100 acres of land between Hubli and Dharwad for setting up an integrated IT city.
A decision on land rates and rebates for IT companies would be taken shortly, he added.
There were adequate facilities in the twin cities for establishing IT companies and the same would be presented before the heads of such companies during the meeting.
The State Government was committed to giving all facilities to those willing to set up their units in tier-two cities, he said. The Revenue Minister said that another website providing information on twin cities would be launched soon.
Pralhad Joshi, MP, M.S. Srikar, Deputy Commissioner, P. Manivannan, Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation Commissioner, Ashok Shettar, Principal of BVB College of Engineering and Technology, and Subhas were present.
The availability of land in the twin cities under the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board and the demand for land from IT companies were discussed.
The issue of acquiring additional land between Hubli and Dharwad through KIADB, land available with the Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation, excess land with the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee, and related issues were discussed.
