By Our Reporter
SHILLONG: In a boost to the State Government’s plans of setting up an IT park at the proposed New Shillong Township, more than fifteen consultancies have responded to the Expression of Interest floated by the State Information Technology.
Commissioner and Secretary of Information Technology department, DP Wahlang on Sunday said, “We thought only two to three companies would respond to the EOI but more than fifteen consultancies have responded to it.”
The proposed IT Park is expected to provide a new dimension to the State IT sector which is expected to benefit hundreds of youths from the State.
According to Wahlang, the Government will set up a huge IT infrastructure in the park where IT companies would establish their business and this would result in huge employment opportunities for the local youths.
It is learnt that the proposed IT Park would have call centres and workshops for all the IT related equipments and other infrastructure to make Shillong an IT destination.
To make the proposal a reality, eighty acres of land has been allotted to the Information Technology department for construction of the IT Park.
The IT department plans to run the proposed Park on a PPP model and is scheduled to constitute a Proposal Evaluation Committee to evaluate the responses of the bidders. The proposed project is expected to do wonders as the State is yet to achieve anything significant in terms of IT infrastructure as connectivity is proving to be a cause of concern for IT related activities.
