Wednesday, December 18, 2013: The Union Government has approved setting up of an IT Investment Region (ITIR) in Hyderabad covering an area of 202 Sq. Kms in three clusters/agglomerations, viz., (i) Cyberabad Development Area (ii) Hyderabad Airport Development Area and Maheshwaram in the South of Hyderabad (iii) Uppal and Pocharam areas in Eastern Hyderabad. These three clusters are connected by Outer Ring Road (ORR). The ITIR is expected to provide boost to the development of IT/ITES and electronics industry in the proposed area. This is the second ITIR approved under the ITIR policy resolution of the Government which was approved in May, 2008. Copy of the notification approving setting up of ITIR in Hyderabad is available at www.DeitY.govt.in/esdm
The approval for ITIR near Hyderabad is based on the proposal of Department of Information Technology & Communication, Government of Andhra Pradesh in this regard. The ITIR envisages an investment of `2,19,440 Crores over a period of twenty five years and is expected to create employment of nearly 70 lakhs people. The Government of Andhra Pradesh has already taken several steps to initiate the development of ITIR.
These are as under:
Constituted a Management Board for the purpose of the creation of ITIR.
Constituted State Level High Power Committee headed by Chief Secretary for monitoring the progress of implementation of ITIR.
An initial Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has been carried out for the ITIR. Project wise environmental clearances shall be taken before implementation of the projects.
Water pipe line from Krishna water project has been laid out.
The Outer Ring Road(ORR) Project encompassing about 158 Kms connecting NH-9, NH-7 and NH-202 has been envisaged. Out of this, the Phase-I ORR Project of 24 Kms has been completed at a project cost of `699 Crores and opened to traffic in July 2011. In Phase-II, road network covering a length of 59 Kms has been completed. Phase-III ORR Project to an extent of 71 Kms at a cost of `3558 Crores is also under active implementation. Capacity of seven sub-stations is being augmented to an extent of 481 MVA at a cost of `118 Crores. Another 3 substations capacity is being augmented and 7 new substations are planned at a cost of `3026 Crores in the ITIR area.
The role of the Central Government is to support the development of external infrastructure. The approval includes extension of MMTS from Falaknuma to Rajiv Gandhi Airport at an estimated cost of `85 Crores, extension of Metro Rail from Falaknuma to Shamshabad airport at an estimated cost of `3000 Crores and up-gradation of 3 radial roads at an estimated cost of `165 Crores. The respective Ministries of Government of India would take up these feasibility studies. Government of Andhra Pradesh has been requested to take steps to notify the delineated area for the ITIR under relevant State Act and take further necessary action to set up the ITIR at the earliest. For more information regarding the ITIR, please contact Shri Dipak Singh, Director, DeitY
