IT dept seeks 25 acre land at Damana for tech park

EVEN as several IT companies have evinced keen interest to set up their units in Odisha, the state government is facing a unique challenge of land allotment.

- HEMANT KUMAR ROUT @Bhubaneswar

Taking the situation into consideration, the Electronics and IT department has urged the General Administration department to allocate 25 acres of unutilised land located along a 100 ft road near Damana Square in the city for the development of an IT park with world-class infrastructure.

The land originally allotted to the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) has remained idle and unused for a long time. "Such a dedicated facility, once developed, will resolve the pressing shortage of quality IT spaces and significantly boost the state's IT sector growth with the city's growing prominence as a hub of IT, electronics and semiconductors, coupled with the increasing demand for quality IT infrastructure," the IT department said.