Necessary process for setting up of a High tech park in the city is progressing fast that creates high hopes among all quarters concerned particularly the business icons and ICT experts.
A 50-acre site has been selected at Bulanpur area under Rajpara Police Station, where an IT village and agriculture biotechnology park namely “Varendra Silicon City” is going to be established, reports BSS.
Mejbah Uddin Chowdhury, Deputy Commissioner of Rajshahi, says site selection works has been completed and works of land acquisition are being progressed successfully.
“We will go more one-step forward in this regard when the park authority will get the possession of a 19-acre land from Water Development Board and Department of Public Works within next 15 days,” he added.
People of the city and its adjacent areas will get privileges of using modern technology in different productive fields including agriculture upon successful completion of the initiation works on the vast tract of land.
Besides, new more avenues of employment especially for the ICT people will be created in this venture.
As per the government decision, the park has provision for attracting foreign companies to set up operations in the country alongside developing indigenous technological capability for the development of the local industries. In true sense, the park intends to create conducive atmosphere for establishing ICT, engineering, electronics, telecommunication, biotechnology and other related knowledge based industry.
Besides, providing necessary administrative support service to the potential entrepreneurs interested in investing at the Hi- Tech park that will ensure electricity, water, sewerage, gas, telephone, internet and other utility services.
The DC added that the hi-tech park will be established with a view to achieving a set of specific mission and vision of establishing a world class business environment for targeted high growth industrial sector and new business.
In addition to develop indigenous technological capability for the development of the local industries the park will help entering into foreign markets by exporting state of the art technology products. The developed infrastructure will facilitate hassle-free industrial operation with necessary support.
Abu Bakker Ali, President of Rajshahi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said: “We want to see immediate implementation of the proposed hi-tech park”.
He says there is no alternative to promotion of modern technologies in the industrial and agricultural sectors for making those more valued added.
