HOSUR is a mere 23 km away from Electronic City, Bangalore's IT hub, and the Tamil Nadu government wants to make the industrial township a giant satellite town like Gurgaon or Noida.

It is located on the Golden Quadrilateral Road NH7 connecting Delhi and Kanyakumari. The existing 4 Lane Express way is being converted to 6 Lane from Bangalore to Chennai. Well connected to All ports Chennai, Mangalore and Airports Chennai, Bangalore, and Railway.

 Elevation 879 m (2,884 ft ) above sea level. As on Date the Climate and Weather is far better then the polluted Bangalore city. Bangalore is 920 m. About a diff. of 41 m. 428 sq.km

Population as on 2001 - Hosur taluk 247670,.Hosur town  99661,  Literacy  76.7 %,

Industries : About 441 Industries and 411 small scale industries. Pl. refer HIA web site or Hostia web site or yellowpages of hosuronline.

Power   :    No power cuts

Communication : Bsnl and All Mobile cos., Broad band, WILL, Net cards etc. available.

Transport : Town Buses,  State Transport corporation Buses, Karnataka state Buses, Private omni buses connects from Bangalore via Hosur to all south India major towns (55 buses).

Railway : A modern railway station with internet booking facilities and goods service connecting most of the parts of India.

Recreation 6 theatres, few parks, temples, church, mosque, hogenakkal, few resorts are here. A new Chona Mega mall with multiplex and shopping is coming up very shortly to cater the needs of Hosur.

Automobile showrooms of Maruti, Hyundai, Tata, TVS, Bajaj, Hero Honda, Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Mahindra, LCV's are here.

Supermarkets Nilgris, Pallavi, Pushpha, Jyothi, Colmbo and N super market are in plenty.

3 star hotel, pubs, bar, discotheques, Lodges, Restaurants, Dhaba etc.

Almost all Leading foreign Banks 10 ATM's 30 - 40 Banks are here.

LIC all leading insurance companies. Investment Consultants, share brokers.

Agarwal eye hospital and Sparsh Trauma care, 10 private hospitals and Narayana Hridalya and Sparsh Just 15 km away. 20 Ambulances.

Textiles, Ladies and Mens wear are good.

Electronics Jainsons, Murthy radio, Vasanth, Rainbow, Godrej, Prestige showrooms.

Jewellery Tanishq, Chemmanur, Titan.

All parcel services and courier to entire india.

The Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu (ELCOT) has already commenced the leveling work and formation of the IT SEZ park at Hosur in 190 acres the largest in Tamilnadu. The project foundation stone was laid by the Tamilnadu C.M Mr. M.Karunanidhi on 26 th Fe

And GMR Infrastructure is planning to setup a 2600 acres of IT AND ITES and MULTIPRODUCT SEZ at Kelamangalam,  which is one of the largest in South India.

The Govt. is likely to stop the TAX holiday after 2009 in India. Therefore, It will attract all the IT cos., from all over india to set up their new projects inside this Hosur SEZ, as they will get another 10 years of TAX holiday benefit.

Already about 20,000 people working in Electronic city are located in Hosur. They travel daily by Pool Vehicles, Staff bus from Wipro, Infosys and Mini cabs from IT co's.

HOSUR has been chosen as it can dovetail the strengths of Bangalore's deep talent pool and salubrious climate with Tamil Nadu's infrastructural forte and relatively inexpensive real-estate rates. 

ELCOT Says  "We will consider building a 250,000 sq ft facility, on the lines of TIDEL Park in Chennai, at a cost of between Rs 35 crore (Rs 350 million) and Rs 50 crore (Rs 500 million). This initiative, has created a light-house effect and boost investor confidence," Harinarain says.

He says the Tamil Nadu government is likely to use a private-public partnership to upgrade Hosur's present infrastructure, including schools, hospitals and shopping malls, to build Hosur into a viable satellite town. 

Schools - CBSE 3 , Matriculation 3 , State board 10 with more than 70 private buses.

Apart from Adhiyaman Engineering 684 candidates , arts and science college - 768 stundents , Perumal manimekalai Engineering college 926 and Poltyechnic 938 ,  St.Joseph Womens college, Mahirishi Vidy mandir is planning for a college and the Government is planning for a Arts college near Maruthi Nagar. Bus facilities with colleges 60 private buses.

The state government will provide all supporting infrastructural requirements such as land, sewerage, electricity and water. "With a TIDEL-type park, Lots of residential complexes will be thrown in between Hosur and Bangalore. Travel time is faster outside Bangalore to Hosur rather than within the city," says K Pandia Rajan, managing director, Ma Foi Management Consultants Limited, the recruitment agency.

It is not as if Hosur doesn't have anything other than its proximity to Bangalore going for it. It has been an industrial hub for more than two decades now and home to the manufacturing plants of Ashok Leyland, Titan Industries, TTK Prestige, Reckitt Benckiser, Hindustan Lever, Carborandum Universal and TVS Motors.

So, the basic infrastructure is firmly in place. "Hosur's potential to become a prime outlying suburb of Bangalore, on the lines of Noida and Gurgaon for Delhi and Navi Mumbai for Mumbai, has been largely under utilised.

IT majors such Infosys and Wipro are just a stone's throw away in Electronics City which is midway between Bangalore and Hosur. These companies would be wary of setting up operations in Hosur as they are already battling the Karnataka government over the lack of proper roads to Electronic City from Bangalore.

 If anything can stop Hosur's advances to becoming a IT super city. "Work on the Rs 400 crore (Rs 4 billion), six-lane expressway has begun in june 2007 with a deadline of 18 months to complete the project from electronic city to Hosur. However, real estate prices are 25-30 per cent lower in Hosur than in the areas of Bangalore closest to Hosur.  The rental for commercial buildings are Rs.10 to 37 Rs. per sq.ft. House rental is Rs.5 to 7 per sq.ft. The Rental house demand is growing daily and is unable to cater the new comers.More new constructions are coming up.

What do the software companies think of Hosur? "We are not considering Bangalore or Hosur as of now. But assuming that we were, the primary concerns would be travel time, overheads and the cost of attracting talent," says Arun Jain, chairman and CEO, Polaris Software Lab.

 He adds that Hosur as an IT destination will be viable only if a company is considering setting up a 5,000 to 10,000 personnel organisation. "Setting up operations in Hosur might prove counter-productive if travel times are extended," Jain remarks.

"Twenty-year tax incentives, subsidised land-registration charges and the creation of a special economic zone would help us invest in Hosur," says an official at an IT major, who heads its Tamil Nadu operations.

The proposed satellite ring road to Devanahalli airport in the northern part of Bangalore will further improve Hosur's prospects of attracting industrial and employment generating industries.

So if Hosur is to become a hub of technology companies and industrial activities, it will bring in good infrastructure and road links to Bangalore. In the long run, it is also Bangalore's interests to assist in the development of Hosur as one of its satellite towns. This will only pave its way to becoming a true megapolis

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http://www.hindu.com/2007/11/01/stories/2007110158920100.htm

Hosur an IT hot spot   SMART CITY

1. Hosur IT park

2. GMR IT ITES Multi product SEZ in three locations

3. Agri economic zone Near Berigai Kumblam

4. Bio SEZ Berigai

5. Textile SEZ by Best n crompton at Uddanapalli

6. III SIPCOT at shoolagiri

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