Bhubaneswar: On the direction of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Secretary To CM (5T) V K Pandian today visited the new BMC building at Satya Nagar and O-Hub to review the progress and to ensure timely completion of the work required to have new development centres to be made operational by Deloitte and IBM respectively.
The opening of development centres by such large MNCs in BBSR will create huge job opportunities for the youth. Both MNCs are setting their foot for the first time in Odisha and both centres are targeted to be operationalised by mid-October 2022.
He also directed the early commissioning of the Bhubaneswar Smart City command and control centre and expressed his satisfaction with the work in progress. He laid emphasis on the creation of very good common use facilities in both new buildings viz Meeting halls, Canteen and Parking and overall ecosystem.
The second Tower of O-Hub work has been prioritised. It’s now planned to have Incubation centres, Co-working spaces along with office spaces for the Start-Ups who will graduate into regular companies.
While inspecting the Infocity area he has also suggested for a Multilevel Parking to be planned inside Infocity to address the growing parking needs of the IT companies.
During the visit Pandian was accompanied by Industry Secretary Hemant Sharma, E&IT Secretary Manoj Mishra, BSCL Chairman Sanjay Singh, BMC Commissioner Vijay Kulange and IDCO MD Bhupinder Singh Poonia, along with other senior officers of respective departments.
