Hyderabad ITIR yet to gain momentum - TeluguPeople.com News

Hyderabad : The State government is yet to initiate action to establish the Information Technology Investment Region (ITIR) in Telangana. There seems to be no progress in this regard even after the Centre asking the State to take steps.

In reply to an RTI application, the Centre informed him that it had asked the Telangana government to notify the constitution of Hyderabad ITIR Development Authority with the AP Industrial Infrastructure Corporation as nodal agency, notify delineated area of 202 sq km under the relevant State act, and prepare a detailed master plan by the Hyderabad ITIR Development Authority, plan of action to develop 20 per cent of processing area i.e. about 4,000 acres out of 20,359 acres for provision of roads, water, sewerage, power, STP, WTP and others.

The Centre has also asked the State to extend MMTS from Falaknuma to the airport and doubling and electrification of the same, upgradation of radial road from Musapet to BHEL and preparation of feasibility studies and submission of proposals on the approved project to concerned ministries for funding.

It stated that out of these steps, the ITIR Development Authority notification was under process and feasibility report on upgradation of the radial road from Musapet to BHEL has been submitted.

The government is yet to initiate steps on the other activities related to the establishment of the ITIR project in the State. It may be noted that the previous UPA government has sanctioned the ITIR project to Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam and to Bengaluru.

The then IT minister of combined Andhra Pradesh Ponnala Lakshmaiah said the proposed ITIR would facilitate massive expansion of IT and ITES sector, with a potential to propel growth of IT exports from the present Rs 50,000 crore to Rs 2.35 lakh crore.

The ITIR project would comprise areas such as Cyberabad Development Authority, including Gachibowli and Madhapur which have emerged as IT hubs, Hyderabad Airport Development Authority (HADA), including Mamidipalli, Raviryal, Adibatla and Maheswaram, Uppal and Pocharam.

The built up area in the ITIR, comprising SEZs, industrial parks, free trade zones, residential areas, would increase from the present 40 million sft to 130 million sft. The direct employment is expected to grow five times from 3 lakh to 15 lakh and indirect employment to about 50 lakh people.

The electronic hardware manufacturing is also expected to go up from Rs 6,000 crore to Rs 80,000 crore. An estimated Rs 13,000 crore spread over a period of 25 years would be required for development of internal infrastructure while external infrastructure development estimated to cost Rs 2,189 crore would be met through financial allocations from the Centre under viability gap fund scheme.