The Andhra Pradesh government, in association with Infosys Technologies, is planning to develop a master plan for the proposed IT special economic zone (SEZ) and surrounding areas near the upcoming international airport. The Infosys team, which met Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy yesterday, expressed willingness to assist the government in this regard, officials said.Infosys is planning to establish a campus in the IT SEZ with residential facilities for at least up to 70% of the workforce, according to company officials. As the facility is expected to be built on nearly 600 acres of land with a capacity to employ about 30,000 IT professionals, the Indian IT major wants its neighbourhood to be equally good, they added.Chief Minister Reddy told Infosys officials that his government would get a suitable master plan ready for the area to enable the setting up of the campus.The need to have self-contained campuses in areas surrounding the upcoming international airport has been felt since there is no social infrastructure like townships to accommodate high-salaried professionals. Besides, it is quite far from the city's upper middle-class areas with a long stretch of old city and a few villages separating the two, officials said.Keeping this in view, all future campuses, including Fab City, is expected to have its own social infrastructure including residential buildings for their employees. This is exactly why Infosys sought a bigger chunk of land for the proposed campus.
