Water Crisis: Kerala writes to top IT firms in Bengaluru, offers office space
“After we read reports of the water crisis in Bengaluru, we wrote to the IT companies offering them all facilities as well as plenty of water. We have 44 rivers, big and small, in our state, so water is not an issue at all,” Kerala Industries & Law Minister P Rajeeve told ET on Tuesday.
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Offering CollegeCourseWebsiteIndian School of BusinessISB Professional Certificate in Product ManagementVisitIIM LucknowIIML Executive Programme in FinTech, Banking & Applied Risk ManagementVisitMITMIT Technology Leadership and InnovationVisitBengaluru, being the hub of India’s $254 billion by revenue IT industry, is said to be grappling with a daily water shortage of about 500 million litres with the onset of summer.
The Prestige Group has built a tech park in Kochi with a built-up area of 8.5 lakh sq.ft and Brigade Group is building a similar park in Thiruvananthapuram. Infopark at Kochi has both its own facilities and those built by private developers Brigade, Carnival, Lulu Group and Asia Cyber Park. The state has four international airports, besides good road, rail and port connectivity, the minister said.
The government has set up a dedicated team to pursue the state’s request for investments, Rajeeve said, while refusing to divulge names of companies his officials have written to. “We are in discussions with some of them,” he said.
“We want to develop our entire state on the lines of Silicon Valley. We have several advantages to host the tech sector, including a vast
