Dharwad supermarket cries for HDMC attention

Dharwad supermarket cries for HDMC attention

TNN Oct 9, 2011, 07.13PM IST

DHARWAD: Did the officials of Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) misguide the elected representatives regarding the status of the proposal to develop the supermarket in Dharwad? This was the question which hogged the centrestage at the press conference called by Hubli-Dharwad (West) MLA Chandrakant Bellad and mayor Poorna Patil in Dharwad on Saturday.

JD(S) members launched an agitation three days ago demanding development of the supermarket. They have alleged that rift within the ruling BJP in HDMC and lack of political will has resulted in the market being neglected.Bellad and Poorna had convened the press conference to claim that the proposal for the development of supermarket is at the final stage of clearance at the government level and that the work will begin soon.Bellad said the matter will come up before the cabinet in its next meeting for the approval and tendering process will start once the cabinet's approval is obtained. However, when media persons brought to the notice of the MLA and mayor the fact that the proposal sent by the HDMC had been rejected by the government, the duo failed to give a convincing explanation.HDMC commissioner Trilokchandra had clearly stated at the general body meeting of the corporation held last week that the government had rejected the proposal sent by the HDMC asking it to send a fresh one based on public-private partnership (PPP) model.

The commissioner had also stated that another fresh proposal would be sent to the government on the desired model.When reporters asked the MLA whether the fresh proposal had been sent and whether it had been approved by the ministry of urban development he replied that it had been cleared and awaited cabinet approval.When the reporters wondered how all this could happen in just a week's time when there were hardly four working days in October, the MLA had not convincing reply. Mayor Poorna Patil was also unable to give information about the exact status of the proposal.

Hubli to be promoted as the next IT hub

Hubli to be promoted as the next IT hub

Hindu BusinessLine

HUBLI, OCT. 3:

The Karnataka State Electronics Development Corporation Limited (Keonics) is once again making efforts to push north Karnataka as the next IT hub in the State.

With Bangalore's saturation and companies looking for alternate locations for expansion, the Keonics has woken up to promote Hubli as an IT destination. In order to tap investments, it has lowered the rentals at IT Park Hubli.

Keonics quoted the NASSCOM survey findings that Hubli-Dharwad has 38 per cent cost advantage among the tier II cities in the country. This will be Keonics' second attempt to push for the north Karnataka region as an IT destination.

According to Mr H. Devanand, Manager, IT Park-Hubli, the Keonics has come out with a special rental package to encourage IT industries to set up base in Hubli.

“In order to attract them, especially the software developers, we have further reduced rent rate and fixed at Rs 5 a square feet a month. Also we may relax conditions placed before,” he explained.

Currently Hubli-Dharwad houses companies like IonIdea Inc, Sankalp Semiconductor, Nabros, Neilsoft, Pro-Solutions, ClickHubli, Web Dreams and Able Design Engineering Services. Few new companies are being incubated inside the campus of BVB College of Engineering and Technology.

Keonics' move comes after two companies successfully set up their operations.

Mr Manohar Joshi, Director-Systems, IonIdea said, “The major benefits from business point of view, Hubli offers cost of living advantage of 25 per cent to 30 per cent of margins. We can afford to keep the bench and groom the freshers and make them industry-ready at relatively much lower cost.”

“We have also discovered that the communication level has improved well in recent past among fresh graduates and they can be groomed to face global clients effectively and efficiently. It looks to be a workable place to establish ITES and professional services from Hubli in a cost effective manner,” he added.

In the recent past, connectivity – both in terms of logistics and communication has improved in the town, said Mr. Ashok Shettar, a senior TiE-Hubli member and Principal, BVB College of Engineering & Technology.

However, what is most attractive in the town and surrounding areas today is the good work-life balance one gets. “Now people are increasingly complaining about quality of life in Bangalore,” said Mr Shettar.

Simple life and low cost of living coupled with good opportunities for development and growth make Hubli a suitable destination for the IT sector.

Hubli - Dharwad to get first cyber crime police station

Plans are there to open cyber crime police stations in Mangalore, Hubli-Dharwad and Mysore in the first phase

Hindu BusinessLine

MANGALORE, SEPT. 21:Karnataka will set up three cyber crime police stations in major cities in the State, according to Dr S.M. Jaamdar, Principal Secretary (Home Affairs), Karnataka.

Speaking at the inauguration of M.Sc. in Criminology and Forensic Science at Roshni Nilaya School of Social Work here on Wednesday, he said that the State Government recently received guidelines to set up cyber crime police stations.

Plans are there to open cyber crime police stations in Mangalore, Hubli-Dharwad and Mysore in the first phase. At present, Karnataka has one cyber crime police station in Bangalore. Dr Jaamdar said plans are there to increase the number of Coastal Security Police (CSP) stations in the State. At present, Karnataka has five and four more CSP stations will be set up, he added. 

The country's criminal justice system, which lays more emphasis on eye-witness, should take the benefit of forensic science to the maximum extent, he said.On the institutes offering post-graduate course in Criminology and Forensic Science, he said 12 institutes in the country offer this course. Of them, four are situated in Karnataka. Roshni Nilaya School of Social Work in Mangalore is the fourth institute to offer this course, he said.Dr Jaamdar asked the institute to focus on specialising in any particular field of forensic science. The Inspector General of Police (Western Range), Mr Alok Mohan, spoke on the occasion.

Aryabhata Tech Park to see a flurry of activity soon

Aryabhata Tech Park to see a flurry of activity soon

Basavaraj F Kattimani, TNN Sep 15, 2011, 10.37pm IST

HUBLI: Barely within two months of the Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) slapping notices on seven IT companies to surrender their land parcels in Aryabhata Tech Park as their projects remained a non-starter, the park is showing every sign of becoming functional by this year end. Responding to the notice, the companies have come forward to set up their units in the park.

The HDMC was entrusted with the task of attracting big and small IT companies to start their units in the IT park. Accordingly, land was given to seven companies at reasonable prices to construct buildings in the park. However, even after two years of land allotment, none of the companies started the work. This compelled the HDMC to serve them notices to return the land.

Honouring the notice, two companies have started functioning while five other companies have given assurance to the HDMC that they will start functioning at allotted land by the end of this year.