Bhopal and Jabalpur are going to have Information Technology (IT) Parks and Electronic Manufacturing Clusters. The ambitious project at Bhopal costing Rs170 crore is likely to throw open about 50,000 direct and indirect jobs.
The IT Park premises and Cluster in Bhopal would come up at village Barwai , opposite the New Jail.The project would be executed by Madhya Pradesh Electronics Development Corporation, a nodal agency of the Information Technology department of the State Government. The project at Barwai would spread over 212 acres of which 50 acres are meant for Electronic Manufacturing Cluster. The project would be completed in two phases.
The IT Park and Electronic Manufacturing Cluster at Purva near Jabalpur would have a capital investment of about Rs95 crore. To be sprawled over 62 acres the project is likely to offer about 10,000 direct and indirect jobs.Union Minister for Information Technology and Communication Ravishankar Prasad would lay the foundation for the project at Bhopal at 4 pm on October 6.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan would preside over the function to be attended, among others, by Minister for Home and Jails Babulal Gaur, Minister for Panchayats and Rural Development Gopal Bhargava, Minister for Higher Education Umashankar Gupta and Minister for Information Technology Bhupendra Singh.
Member of Parliament Alok Sanjar, Bhopal Mayor Krishna Gaur, MlAs Vishwas Sarang, Surendranath Singh, Rameshwar Sharma, Vishnu Khatri and district panchayat president Mina Goyal would also be present on the occasion.The IT Park at Purva near Jabalpur would spread over 62 acres of which 22 acres is for Electronic Manufacturing Park facilities of electricity, water, connectivity, road and drainage would be provided at both the places.
Notably, the Union Ministry of Information Technology has resolved through a notification to develop world class infrastructure through the electronic manufacturing cluster scheme so as to attract maximum investors.