IT Directorate in Vizag likely

With a view to instil confidence among investors, the State government is toying with the idea of locating the Directorate of Information Technology & Communication in Visakhapatnam. In its new IT policy, the government promises to create a built-up area of five crore square feet and five lakh jobs, of which five lakh sq. The city already has one million square feet of built-up infrastructure, with four functional IT Special Economic Zones viz., two at Madhurawada and one each at Gambheeram and Visakhapatnam Special Economic Zones. Hence, not only the Directorate, the Department of IT&C should be shifted to Visakhapatnam,” CII Visakhapatnam zone IT cell chairman O. Naresh Kumar said, adding that the government’s announcement on the setting up of the APIIC Executive Officer’s office here should be implemented immediately.