Tamil Nadu government is
considering to develop an IT park at Coimbatore, on the lines of TIDEL Park in
Chennai.
The plan originates from a study recently
conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) on the prospects of developing
Coimbatore as the 2-tier IT city in Tamil Nadu, after Chennai.
Electronic Corporation of Tamil Nadu
(Elcot) has been mandated to oversee the project till it is taken up for
execution by a special purpose vehicle.
The park would come up within the
5-km radius of the airport at Coimbatore. The site is yet to be finalised though
3 to 4 locations have been short-listed.
It may be noted that earlier, the
Tamil Nadu government had announced its intention of developing Coimbatore,
Madurai, Salem and Trichy as 2-tier cities for the IT infrastructure.