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PRESS RELEASE ON 30th OCTOBER,2009
It is really good news for the people of West Bengal that
WIPRO has formally communicated their willingness to take
land at Newtown Rajarhat area. It may be recalled that the
Hon’ble Chief Minister, Sri Buddhadeb Bhattacharya announced
in an earlier press conference that the two companies, Wipro
and Infosys would be offered land at Newtown Rajarhat area.
Accordingly, the Information Technology Department,
Government of West Bengal formally communicated the offer of
the Government to these two companies and invited them to
visit the land. WIPRO officials visited the offered land and
are highly pleased with its location, ready infrastructures
and other intrinsic advantages. Today on 30th
October, 2009 the WIPRO officials met the Managing Director,
Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation (HIDCO) and
submitted their request to allot 50 acres of land at a
concessional price. As said by Wipro, considering the
uniqueness of the land and its surrounding ambience, WIPRO
would like to develop a world class state of the art
facility at this parcel of land. WIPRO officials also met
the IT Minister, Dr. Debesh Das at his office.
Dr. Debesh Das, the Information Technology Minister of
Government of West Bengal said “The people of several walks
of life indeed want to see WIPRO to expand and Infosys to
step into the state. The decision of WIPRO to start its
second campus in West Bengal is quite encouraging. As said
by WIPRO, I believe that this facility will augment the
employment opportunity of the state to a considerable extent
and will boost up the economic activities in the state. It
will pave the way for the young aspiring techies of the
state to be employed in their own state after their
studies.”
It needs only 15 minutes drive from the airport to reach the
new location of WIPRO on the side of a 6 lane road. It is
inside of a complete modern township with all facilities. It
may be noted that in the vicinity of this area, about 300
acres of land has already been allotted for IT and IT
infrastructure companies.
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