Kannur | Cyber Park | Eramam | Proposed

[Aslesh]

There is a technocampus coming in Mayyil. That can be expanded to a bigger IT park. Mayyil is well connected with Kannur through town buses. There is direct roads access to Parassinikadavu, Taliparamba and eastern parts of the district. Also it is just 20 kms from the Airport. There is lot of land available in that region. Even if land has to be acquired there won't much problem as it is a sparsely populated area.

[Latheesh_r]

That is a good news! who is the promoter?

EDIT: checked it online and found the answer

[nikhilkk]

Originally Posted by Latheesh_r

They should have selected some location near engg college, bw Kannur and Tly or somewhere on proposed Airport road. I think there is one small facility already available in Kannur (Dinesh IT park), they could have started some activities there to begin with. Once a small IT building comes with government support I am sure rest will be taken care by NRI investors.

It should come near to the city. The current one is far away.

[nikhilkk]

Originally Posted by Aslesh

There is a technocampus coming in Mayyil. That can be expanded to a bigger IT park. Mayyil is well connected with Kannur through town buses. There is direct roads access to Parassinikadavu, Taliparamba and eastern parts of the district. Also it is just 20 kms from the Airport. There is lot of land available in that region. Even if land has to be acquired there won't much problem as it is a sparsely populated area.

Mayyil is a good location. Buses from many routes. Accessible from anywhere.

[Aslesh]

Proposed IT parks in Kannur, Kasaragod to get NABARD loan


Works for developing proposed IT Parks at Eramam-Kuttoor in Kannur and Cheemeni in Kasaragod are expected to start soon as National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (NABARD) has approved loans for the two projects along with the proposed IT Park in Kozhikode are being set up by Cyberpark, a State government organisation modelled on Technopark in Thiruvananthapuram and Infopark in Kochi for promotion of investments in IT and ITES sectors in the Malabar region.

According to officials of the Cyberpark, the proposed IT Parks projects at Eramam-Kuttoor and Cheemeni are in the stage of execution as the process of securing allocated loan from NABARAD is in the final phase. They told The Hindu on Wednesday that NABARD had already allocated Rs. 21.4 crore by way of loan for setting up the IT Park on a 10.37 hectare land at Eramam Kuttoor. The loan was expected to be sanctioned soon with the completion of some paper works, they said.

NABARD had already sanctioned Rs. 21.4 crore for the IT Park project coming up on a 40.40 ha land at Cheemeni, they said adding that steps were now under way by Cyberpark to avail itself of the loan amount.

The loan for the IT Park in Kannur was expected to be sanctioned by next week, they added.

The works for the two IT Park projects would be tendered after the draft master plans of the parks being developed in Kannur and Kasaragod were finalised. The projects envisage development of IT Park startups of 1.5 lakh sq. ft. each with state-of-the-art infrastructure facilities to attract major players in the IT and ITES industry to establish their business in the two facilities. The two IT Parks have been granted Special Economic Zones (SEZ) status.

The land at Cheemeni has been transferred by the government from the public sector Plantation Corporation of Kerala. A senior retired Revenue official who has been posted to the Cyberpark for expediting the acquisition process said that minor issues relating to survey numbers of the Cheemeni land had been settled. The land had been transferred through negotiated purchase of land under the fast track process.

He said that the major handicap of the surplus land transferred by the government for developing the IT Park at Eramam-Kuttoor had been the absence of an access to the land. The only access to the land being a plot assigned to an individual, the issue was now settled by offering the person another nearby land in exchange for the plot, he said adding that the offer was now awaiting the government’s consent.

The Cyberpark officials said that the process of securing NABARD loan for the IT Project in Kozhikode was under way. The park would be set up as an SEZ on a 28 ha land in Nellikkod and Pantheerankavu villages in Kozhikode, they said.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/...cle3024714.ece

[Aslesh]

Same news by Manorama.

[Aslesh]

Eramam cyber park remains on paper

KANNUR: The work on the proposed cyber park at Eramam has not reached anywhere because of administrative bottlenecks.

It's 19 months since the then chief minister, V S Achuthanandan, laid the foundation stone for the park, which is expected to provide jobs to nearly 10,000 people once it's fully completed. Around 25 acres of land has been acquired for the park. However, the proposed site does not have a proper entrance.

"The entry to the site can be developed only after we acquire the 75 cents of land lying close to the road. A private party owns that land," CEO of the park K G Girish Babu, told TOI. But if he has to vacate that land, the government will have to allot him alternative land, he added. "No infrastructure development can take place at the park site without acquiring this piece of land. We expect the government to acquire it soon," he said. So far, only the fencing work in some portion of the site has been completed.

Another issue the park faces pertains to SEZ status for the land, which has to be renewed. It now stands cancelled since the work on the park did not start at the stipulated time. "We have given the application for renewing the SEZ status to the board of approval in the ministry of commerce. We expect it to come through in the next two months," he added.

Though the board met on September 14, it renewed the SEZ status of only the Kasaragod IT park.

The park authorities, however, are hopeful about completing the first phase of the project in 2014. Its CEO said NABARD had already sanctioned a Rs 20-crore loan for the project.

The foundation stone was laid on February 20, 2011. The first phase, once completed, is expected to generate 1,000 jobs.

Since the IT industry in India is slowly shifting to rural areas, it is expected that the government will clear the stumbling blocks for these projects in the coming months.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/16456212.cms

[Reghu]

Originally Posted by nikhilkk

It should come near to the city. The current one is far away.

It is always good to have a big IT park about 15 to 25 Kms away from the core city. This will give enough space to grow and traffic congestion can also be reduced when it flourishes. TVM Technopark @ Kazhakootam was almost 18 Kms away from the city center when it started and it enjoys a traffic free area due to this.

Electronic City IT Park and White Field ITPL are 25 - 30 KMs away from Bangalore city centre. Both these locations have developed after the IT parks have come up.

Even the upcoming Kollam Techno Park is 20 Kms away from the city centre. This will give enough development opportunity to the area where it comes.

Infact, the Kollam Techno Park that comes up 5 Kms off NH-208 near Kundara town. The price and development scope of the Kundara has increased many folds since the project initiation.

[Aslesh]

It is not the issue of 20 or 30 kms. This is 45 kms from Kannur and 70 kms from Kannur airport. This is not Kannur at all. May be they can call it Payyannur Cyberpark similar to Ambalappuzha, Koratty and Cherthala IT parks. Any way KINFRA IT park is proposed near airport and KIAL too have idea for IT park in later phase.

[PPJ]

Originally Posted by Aslesh

It is not the issue of 20 or 30 kms. This is 45 kms from Kannur and 70 kms from Kannur airport. This is not Kannur at all. May be they can call it Payyannur Cyberpark similar to Ambalappuzha, Koratty and Cherthala IT parks. Any way KINFRA IT park is proposed near airport and KIAL too have idea for IT park in later phase.

Brand name matters, Kannur sells, other names would be mostly unknown to most of the world.

[Aslesh]

Steps on to tender works of IT park projects


Even as the delay in starting the construction of the IT park project in Kozhikode is feared to impact the execution of the proposed IT park projects at Eramam-Kut toor in Kannur and Cheemeni in Kasaragod, steps are now on to tender works for constr ucting perimeter walls of the proposed campuses envisag ed as spokes of the Kozhikode park conceived as the hub.

The proposed IT park project in Kozhikode coming up on a 28-hectare land has been delayed as the construction contract awarded to a Hyderabad-based company was terminated when it failed to commence the works. Cyberpark officials hoped that the hurdles that delayed the work in Kozhikode would not affect the execution of the projects at Eramam-Kuttoor and Cheemeni for which the National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (Nabard) has already sanctioned nearly Rs.25 crore each. A major handicap for developing the park at Eramam-Kuttoor being the absence of an access road to the plot, the officials said that the process of acquiring one acre land for developing the 300-feet access road is now under way.

The IT parks being developed by the Cyberpark, a State government organisation modelled on the Technopark in Thiruvananthapur am and Infopark in Kochi, are envisioned as institutions for the promotion of investments in IT and ITES sectors in the Malabar region. While the project at Eramam-Kuttoor is coming up on a 10.37-hectare land, the Cheemeni project will be developed on a 40.40-hectare land.

The projects, which include development of IT park start-ups of 1.5 lakh sq.ft. each with state-of-the-art facilities, will attract entrepreneurs in the IT and ITES sectors.

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper...cle4819399.ece

[PPJ]

Cyberpark should have been completely given to UL group. It would have seen constructions on by now.

[Aslesh]

Detailed project master plans getting ready


Setting up of IT parks in Kasaragod, Kannur

Detailed project master plans for IT parks being developed by the Cyberpark at Cheemeni in Kasaragod and Eramam-Kuttoor in Kannur are being prepared.

The Cyberpark is the State government agency formed to build, operate, and manage IT parks for the promotion and development of IT and IT-enabled service industries in the Malabar region.

The parks, to be named Cyberpark Kannur and Cyber Park Kasaragod, have been granted special economic zone (SEZ) status.

Cyberpark General Manager N.V. Mukundakumar said basic master plans had been prepared. Steps to start infrastructure development works would begin after the preparation of the detailed plans. The Cyberpark would develop a common facilities centres and infrastructure facilities such as internal roads, water treatment plants, and power units, he said.

The projects envisaged development of IT park start-ups of 1.5 lakh sq ft each with state-of-the-art infrastructure facilities to attract IT and ITES companies.

Steps were on to acquire land to develop road access to the Eramam-Kuttoor site. Over 100 acres of land had already been acquired for the IT park at Cheemeni and 25 acres at Eramam-Kuttoor, he said.


Cyberpark, a State agency, developing the parks

100 acres of land acquired at Cheemeni
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper...cle4832479.ece