ELCOT

Built-up Area	1.713 Million S.ft.
Floor Plate	2,02,665 Sq.ft.
Location	IT-SEZ,Villankurichi, Coimbatore
Airport	3 Kms. (Coimbatore)
Railway Station	7 Kms. (Coimbatore Junction)
City-Bus Terminus	7 Kms. (Coimbatore Central)
Sea Port	190 Kms. (Cochin)
Located on the National	Highway – 47
Plot Area	9.5 acres
Project Cost	Rs.370 Crores
Project Completion	September 2009
Employment	12,000 (IT Professionals)

 

Tidel Park Coimbatore Ltd. Project features

Encouraged by the success of the TIDEL Park, Chennai, Govt. of Tamil Nadu announced in the budget 2006-07 to construct an IT Park at Coimbatore jointly with Govt. of India.

• MoU signed between TIDEL Park, Chennai & ELCOT on 8-8-2006
• Foundation stone was laid by Hon'ble Chief Minister on 24-2-2007
• TIDEL Park Coimbatore Ltd. was incorporated on 21-6-2007
• ELCOT allotted 9.5 acres of plot in IT-SEZ in October 2007
• Earth excavation work commenced in Nov. 2007
• Financial closure achieved & entire equity subscribed
• Civil works Contract awarded on 1-9-2008
• Diesel Generator set works contract awarded on 24/10/2008
• Air-condition and Mechanical Ventilation works contract awarded on 11/11/2008
• Lift works contract awarded on 11/11/2008
• Project completion by Sep. 2009

Facilities in TIDEL Park Coimbatore Ltd

A. Site Parameters:

• Land acquired by the TIDEL Park Coimbatore Ltd. is about 9.5 acres in IT-SEZ on Avinashi Road behind Coimbatore Medical College
• Site is approached by the 30m wide road from Avinashi Road (NH-47)
• On the western side of the site, WIPRO campus is located and on the eastern side proposed TCS & HCL campus are located
• TNEB Sub-station, Residential Apartments, Telecom Towers are proposed in IT-SEZ

B. Development

• The building is designed with contemporary / state-of-the-art Design & Facilities and shall be IT Friendly, Multi-tenanted, Energy Efficient, Intelligent & Fire Safe Building, Work Friendly Ambience of Interior spaces, Self contained / Support Facilities such as Banks, Bookstalls, Health Clubs, Travels, Post Office, Food Court, Conference Hall, etc
• The IT building is G+ 4 structures with three basements with a floor to floor height of 3650mm. The total height of the building is 20.5m. above ground level
• Partial ground floor and the four floors (first to fourth) comprise office spaces. Commercial spaces are planned in Ground floor. Parking is proposed in three basements along with surface parking
• The total built-up area is 1.7 million sq.ft. including the three basements and utility buildings
• The total IT floor area is 914,000 Sq.ft. The area of typical floor is 202,665 sq.ft. The building is designed as three blocks and ten modules of office space per floor
• A service building houses Electrical, DG and Chiller plant, Driver's resting room, UG sump, STP and Diesel yard are proposed.
• Intelligent Building Management Systems (IBMS)

C. Vehicle Parking & Traffic Flow

• Ease of vehicular / pedestrian circulation & emphasis on safety, Main Entry is planned at the SE corner and the Exit at the SW corner of the site
• Car parks (Open and Covered) of 1,124 including the surface parking & two wheeler parks of 2,899 at ground floor and three basements are provided
• Loading/unloading bay and the garbage dumping yard is provided

D. Facilities

• The IT office space is designed with the smallest module 5,000 sq.ft. Hence the tenant has a flexibility of various modules ranging from 5,000 sq.ft. upto 200,000 sq.ft. in each floor
• Adequate toilets separately for Gents and Ladies are planned in each lobby and in each floor
• Adequate staircases are provided as per relevant codes for sprinklered buildings. Spaces as well as shafts for all Mechanical / Electrical Services
• The IT Building will have the following common facilities in the Ground Floor :

	Cafeteria / Food Court with kitchen facilities with seating capacity of about 1,000 persons
	Customer Conference Rooms (video conference) / Training Centre
	Post Office, Medical Stores, Banks & Insurance
	ATMs, Telephones, Meeting rooms, EPABX, Mail Box, Book store
	Travel Desk, Mail & Courier Service, Cloak room, Doctor’s room & Fitness / health centre.
	Confidential Store, Bonded warehouse
	24 x 7 - Maintenance staff / Facility manager
	Usability Lab, Console room, Business Centre
	Security & Fire prevention / Central Services

• The Basement has space for support facilities such as Engineering store and M/E services and common spaces for contract staff
• Drivers' rest room with canteen is provided

E. Utilities

Electricity: Power supply by 5 Nos. x 2500 KVA Transformer from TNEB sub-station (110/33 KV) DG: 100% backup power by 5 Nos. x 2000 KVA DG Sets

ACMV: A/C plant with 4000 TR Chillers and Thermal Energy storage of 6000 TR

F. Lifts

• The building has 20 elevators (20 passenger capacity) in each floor. One core has a six elevator bank and the other core has a four elevator bank
• Four service elevators are located on either ends of each core for easy access for maintenance

G. Access control

• Access control at the Entry gate for 4/2 wheelers, pedestrians & visitors
• Turnstiles are provided in all floors near to the lift lobbies for clients / staff in and out
• Access control is provided at service entries, service lift and staircase lobbies

H. Exterior - External Cladding Treatment

• Structural Glazing System, the wall cladding with Aluminium Composite Panel (ACP) & Granite and Entrance Lobby glazing with sliding door

I. Landscape

• Integrated hard & soft landscape with combination of exotic and indigenous plants

J. Statutory Approvals

Application submitted/approvals obtained for the following:

• DTCP Layout approval and MSB Area declaration for IT-SEZ Layout
• Planning Permission (PPA) Approval
• NOC from AAI (Airport Authority of India)
• NOC from CRAC (Chennai Regional Advisory Committee)
• EIA Clearance (MoEF) / TNPCB

SEZ Benefits for Tenants

The Unit Holder in SEZ shall be entitled to the following exemptions, namely:

• Exemption from any duty of customs, on goods imported into, or service provided, in a Special Economic Zone or an Unit
• Exemption from any duty of customs, on goods exported from, or services provided, from a Special Economic Zone or from an Unit, to any place outside India
• Exemption from any duty of excise, on goods brought from Domestic Tariff Area to a Special Economic Zone or Unit
• Exemption from service tax, on taxable services provided to an Unit to carry on the authorised operations in a Special Economic Zone
• Exemption from the securities transaction tax, in case the taxable securities transactions are entered into by a non-resident through the International Financial Services Centre
• Exemption from payment of Central Sales Tax on sale or purchase of goods other than newspapers if such goods are meant to carry on the authorised operations.

An entrepreneur of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, from his Unit, who begins to manufacture or produce articles or things or provide any services during the previous year relevant to any assessment year commencing on or after the 1st day of April, 2006, a deduction of –

(i) hundred per cent of profits and gains derived from the export, of such articles or things or from services for a period of five consecutive assessment years beginning with the assessment year relevant to the previous year in which the Unit begins to manufacture or produce such articles or things or provide services, as the case may be, and fifty per cent of such profits and gains for further five assessment years and thereafter

(ii) for the next five consecutive assessment years, so much of the amount not exceeding fifty per cent of the profit as is debited to the profit and loss account of the previous year in respect of which the deduction is to be allowed and credited to a reserve account (to be called the "Special

(ii) for the next five consecutive assessment years, so much of the amount not exceeding fifty per cent of the profit as is debited to the profit and loss account of the previous year in respect of which the deduction is to be allowed and credited to a reserve account (to be called the "Special

Economic Zone Re-investment Reserve Account") to be created and utilised for the purposes of the business of the assessee in the manner laid down in Sub-section (2)

RENTAL CHARGES

(Super Built-up area)

IT & ITES Space (Ground + 4 Upper Floors)

Modular space of minimum 5,000 Sq.ft. and maximum of single floor plate of 202,665 Sq.ft. can be provided on short term (3 years) / long term (15 years) lease in two options viz. Warm Shell & Fit Out Shell.

Option 1: Warm Shell

The Warm Shell include complete infrastructure and facilities for IT activities without interior decoration viz. flooring, false ceiling, light fittings, AC ducts and distributors, fire detectors, sprinklers. However, the utilities viz. ACMV, 100% power back-up, AHU, power distribution boards, fire protection systems, communication duct / boards etc., are provided at one connect point of the space.

Short term lease: Rs.30/Sq.ft./Month and 10 months advance as Refundable Security Deposit. Long term lease : One time payment of Rs.3,600/Sq.ft. (Non-refundable). (This is an early bird offer and may be revised upwards later)

Option 2: Fit Out Shell

• Fit Out Shell provides the following value added features in the Warm Shell:
• Standard false ceiling materials
• Standard light fittings
• AC ducting and distribution
• Fire Alarm
• Fire detectors and Sprinklers
• Standard flooring material (tiles)

The cost of additional work for fit out shell will be charged extra over and above the charges fixed for warm shell

Information & Communication Technology (ICT) Policy of Tamil Nadu - 2008 : Highlights

Background : Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has been a major growth driver for the Indian economy with a size of US$ 51 Billion in 2006-07. Tamil Nadu has emerged as a hub for software, hardware and R&D, with US$ 5.7 Billion in 2006-07.

Vision 2011: “Tamil Nadu shall be the ICT Hub of South Asia by creating a knowledge driven eco system, leveraging entrepreneurship and promoting socially inclusive growth to achieve a 25% production share of the Indian ICT industry.”

Achieving the Vision: To create approximately 3 million additional jobs by 2011.

Key Components of the Knowledge driven Eco System : Have been identified viz., Talent, Research and Development (R&D), Fiscal and Physical Incentives, e-Governance for a Smart Society, Infrastructure, Branding

Definitions : IT-ITES Companies will include IT Services (ITS),IT Enabled Services (ITES), Private Communication Providers (PCPs), Software Industries, IT Maintenance & Servicing Units and Hardware Units as covered in IT Policy 1997.shell.

Nurturing Talent in Tamil Nadu Developing technical institutes into centres of excellence, ICT Academy to 'Train the Trainers' will be set up. 'Finishing' schools with a focus on socially / economically weaker sections, align the curriculum with the needs and focus on soft skills. Develop a standardized ICT aptitude test, Computer lab/ internet connectivity to schools by 2011.

Boosting Research & Development

Establish institutes, focus on the ICT Sector in collaboration with GOI. Partnership between educational institutes and industry for doctoral and post doctoral research. Scholarships for outstanding students and employees. Industry to set up labs in existing institutes for research initiatives and Research Parks in the State.

Encourage Entrepreneurs to establish incubation centres and introduce entrepreneurship as subject in Engineering Colleges

Incentives: Location specific-structured package of incentives for New/Expansion projects of IT / ITES.

Special Incentives for setting up IT-ITES Industries in Tier II and Tier III locations

Capital Subsidy and Electricity Tax Exemption

Relaxation of FSI to the extent of 100% in IT-ITES Parks

Exemptions in Stamp Duty and Registration Fee: 50% exemption of the Stamp Duty and the Registration Fee at the time of purchase of a land/building and no stamp duty in respect of transfer of lands acquired by Government for IT/ITES Parks. 50% stamp duty exemption on lease/sale or mortgage of land.arks.

Power Tariff: LT Tariff III-C, HT Tariff I-A for IT/ITES and Industry Power Tariff, for maintenance and servicing units and hardware units.

Special awards to IT Companies for employment of Physically Challenged Persons

Administrative Incentives: Exempted from the purview of the T.N. Pollution Control Act, Provisions of Chapter II and III of the T.N. Shops and Establishments Act, 1947, Section 5 (2) (a) (i) and (ii) of the T.N. Industrial Establishment (National and Festival Holidays) Act, 1958, and self certification for maintaining the registers /forms under various Acts.

Physical Incentives: Maintenance of Open Space Reservation (OSR) area by IT/ITES Park. Attract investments in Disaster Recovery/Business Process Continuity and permit to use of hired omnibuses to transport employees.

e-Governance: Infrastructure for e-Governance like the State Wide Area Network and the State Data Centre and set up 5,440 Common Service Centres on P-P-P mode in rural areas.

Augmenting Civic Infrastructure: Eco system development approach to develop infrastructure requirement for ICT. Provide single window Government interface for speedy clearance, promoting housing development near IT/ITES zones and master plan for the development of the cities

Branding: Annual awards for excellence, create brand equity for T.N. and Environment for teaching foreign languages. The initiatives include provide a secure climate in the State, Data Security Policy, Corporate Social Responsibility, Leveraging the Tamils living abroad

The use of Tamil in IT : Promote Tamil Virtual University in India and abroad, Improve standards for Tamil in computing and mobile applications and Conference on development of Tamil Computing.

For further details please contact

Electronics Corporation Of Tamilnadu Limited

692, MHU Complex
II Floor, Annasalai,
Nandhanam,
Chennai - 600035.
E-mail :info@elcot.in
Phone: -+ 91- 44- 65512330,24320124
Telefax :-+ 91- 44-24330612
Website:www.elcot.in