A State delegation’s visit to Singapore under the leadership of Chief Secretary BK Patnaik has yielded concrete results with Jurang Corporation of Singapore offering to bring out master planning for Info Valley near Bhubaneswar.
A high level meeting to this effect was held on May 11at the Secretariat where in chief executive officer of the corporation Dr Uma Maheswaran stated the firm’s willingness to develop the master plan.
Reviewing the offer, the Chief Secretary told, “We need to prepare the master plan around specific products and potential investment. The plan should be so designed that its design, infrastructure and facility attracts investment.” Patnaik made it clear that the Info Valley needs to be developed into a hardware and software cluster with Various common facilities and incubation centers.
The Chief Secretary advised IDCO to look into all the technical details of the proposal with financial implication and spell out clear cut terms and conditions and put them to the Government for the necessary approval.
Sources said Singapore investors have also shown interest for investment in amusement park in Puri-Konark marine drive and palm oil cultivation.