Mysore will also be a Silicon Valley
Mysore will be another Silicon Valley of India as a number of IT firms have evinced interest in setting up shop here, Karnataka industries minister Katta Subramanya Naidu said in Mysore.
Speaking to Business Standard, he said Infosys, Wipro, Tata Consultancy Services and a couple of other companies were coming to Mysore.
Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro and Shapurji had sought 100 acres of land each. A few other Fortune 500 companies are also holding talks with the government for locating their projects here, the minister said.
As the availability of land for new industries had become scarce, the government proposed to acquire 4,000 acres of non-agricultural land. The formalities will be completed shortly.
However, care will be taken to discourage chemical and pharmaceutical industries which may damage environment.
As regard the much-delayed airport, Naidu said that the High Court was yet to deliver its judgement over the disputes land. In the meantime, the Airports Authority of India had sought an additional 67 acres and acquitions process had been initiated.
All these investments will give a tremendous boost to Mysore and it will grow as an IT hub, the minister said.
During the last six months, Naidu said, the Karnataka government had cleared investments amounting to Rs. 90,000 crore in the state. At least 70-80 per cent of investments may come through in about two-and-a-half years.
The government will give a thrust to development of tier II and tier III cities. It is releasing another Rs 100 crore, the subsidy amount due to industries.
I hope Mysore retains its identity and not become another “silicon valley”. Development should not be at the cost of the positives it has to offer today. Long live Mysore!
Article courtesy: Business-Standard
I sincerely hope Mysore remains as it is… but alas it will change… I played golf in Mysore with a Coorgi gentleman who has a nice farm on the foothills of Chamundi and he thinks its only a matter of time before so called development engulfs his beloved Mysore.. hope he is wrong..
It looks like we are all hoping against hope! :(
Mysore will become another silicon valley and lose its identity :), im pretty sure.
Chennai retains its identity because the labour working in IT firms is largely frm in and around TN, and chennai has close connections with TN, culturally speaking, chennai is an overgrown village. if mysore doesnt have roots with karnataka and workers don come frm the state, then Mysore will lose its identity just like blore :)
We can never let anything be, and bask in its glory, can we?
I doubt this would happen, it is hype created by Govt… though I strongly hope Mysore is left alone.. B’lore is getting harder to live, atleast Mysore gives a welcome break..
Vatsan:
Mysore will become another silicon valley and lose its identity :), im pretty sure.
I can never be that cynical about Mysore for sure! And would love to disagree but I don’t have the benefit of foresight! I hope I can come back one day and tell you, “Ha ha Vatsan, see that?! That’s my Mysore!”
Chennai retains its identity because the labour working in IT firms is largely frm in and around TN,
I agree with this. But there is a large crowd from outside TN in Chennai. A bad example to prove my point would be the successful running of all hindi and telugu movies in TN. Let me see if I can get my figures about non-TN population in Chennai from somewhere.
and chennai has close connections with TN, culturally speaking, chennai is an overgrown village.
Absolutely right! Totally agree! I keep saying the same thing to lot of people!
if mysore doesnt have roots with karnataka and workers don come frm the state, then Mysore will lose its identity just like blore :)
I can’t make sense of this statement. Do you mean to say that B’lore is the capital of the state with which it has no roots? Doesn’t that sound absurd? I am sure you can rephrase this so that I can understand better.
Viky:
Sad but true! :(
Pavan:
You have a point there. Most of the people in the present government own huge pieces of land in Mysore and hence they might be trying to push up the price to make money. But I am afraid that’s not all. There is a definite exodus of IT companies from Bangalore towards nearby similar locations. And Mysore ranks #1 on that list. That’s the truth!
I really hope Mysore continues to remain as it is! I don’t want IT companies there! I may sound conservative and what not… but I cannot afford to have people playing around with my city!
saar, in chennai there is a 30% telegu population, and a huge marwari population, even before the IT boom, who are an integral part of the city. they managed to blend in and assimlate with the city, i doubt if mysore, or blore for tht matter has such a diverse population, before the boom. in blore for instance there was a sudden influx of diverse people, who refuse to assimilate the local culture, then the city lost its identity. chennai is already diverse so it wasnt a huge issue, and as long as other assimilate the local culture, they will be absorbed into chennai. visit parrys corner to chk out the marwaris in chennai
what i meant is tht blore is the capital, but then it should have strong ties with the village, which i don see it does have therefore when kannidigas frm the state flock blore, they will change the culture. likewise with mysore. if the average mysorean can relate the the rural lifestyle, then with an influx of people from rural areas working in IT wnot change the culture. but if not, then it is a problem
Vatsan:
You are really making me think now! heh heh!
On a serious note, I see your point. You are making extremely valid statements. I agree with you that the sub-sets of diversity in a city’s culture should get assimilated in an overall culture that the city already has.
Rural and the city cultures need to assimilate into each other to form an unique culture representing the region. Chennai has it and you are right.
But I am not sure if we can attribute this alone as the reason for the “identity-crisis” that Bangalore is facing or like you say “Mysore will face”.
Its nice to know that many software companies coming towards other cities.
Merry Christmas!
Government should learn from Bangalore experience and ensure that IT activites are equally distiributed among other major cities in the state (Like Hubli in Karnataka and Vizag in A.P )
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Jeevan:
If the software companies that are coming to the other cities were a good thing, then we could enjoy. But right now, it doesn’t seem to be fully good! :)
Thanks for your wishes Jeevan! Here’s wishing you and your family a very happy and prosperous new year! :)
Sudhakar:
So you mean to say concentration of all the companies in one place is the problem? I seem to agree with that being one of the reasons! Happy new year yar! :)
Kiran:
Looks like if I add the number of leaves I have for this year, it is going to be a zero working year this year! Happy new year mate! :)
Being a hard code Mysorean & its damn admirer, I somehow feel that hoping for Mysore to remain haLLi Mysore is very selfish…
What is the percentage of the entire population constitutes these IT dudes ? Atleast those families having one person having huge responsibilities for family can still be with the family & also fulfill his IT career working in such companies like W,I,T etc.,
Kind of Develop & Let Devlope types(Live & let Live)…
Real estates hype need not be just because of the migration of IT companies ,its also because of NRI’s ivesting remoting on the land here.. Vijay’s blog has a nice post about dual citizenship & this is quoted there.
What ever it is , even if the city develops (physically) the people will still remain smiling, helping each other, empthatic.. which was what is more important…..
ps – All my views are just personal hopes… Nice time to question ourselves, may be can have a poll & see how many really want to take a transfer to Mysore given a chance, even outsiders would want it just not Mysoreans!! ;-)
Veena:
Yes you make a valid point. Let’s see how we can have a poll set up and let’s go about doing that poll. We need to discuss this offline! :)
[...] In one of my posts, we had a discussion about the culture of Mysore. Vatsan compared it with Chennai’s culture and said: Mysore will become another silicon valley and lose its identity :), im pretty sure. [...]
One more city out of Karnataka’s map! That means just like Bangalore which is now house to more non-Kannadigas than Kannadigas, Mysore will also have few Kannadigas. I urge all Mysorians to sell your land to a Kannadiga if at all you want to, rather than to a Northie.