seems some government people are tracking this thread. lol..Just few days we were talking about IT park of Nepal which has been idle for 2 yrs of its completion, finally yesterday there was a program organized to discuss to work on it. Here it go... http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=90835 IT Park fails to draw private sector interest Kantipur Report KATHMANDU, Nov 8 - The government's attempt to hand over the management of IT Park located in Kavre district to the private sector has received a lukewarm response. Following this, it is all set to extend the deadline of submitting proposals by 30 days. Manohar Kumar Bhattarai, member of High Level Commission for Information Technology (HLCIT) informed that the commission received only one proposal till Sunday, the last day for submission of the bid documents. "Since it is against the spirit of law to award the contract to the single party that participated in the bidding competition, we decided to offer 30 more days to national and international parties interested in operating the Park," he said. "The government will formally make the announcement to this extent in a few days time." As per the announcement made through the budget speech of the current fiscal year, the government, earlier this year, issued a 45-day public notice requesting interested national and international private and public companies and joint venture companies to submit proposal for operation and management of the IT Park located in Banepa of Kavre district. Issuing the notice, the government had opened all three options of handing over the management on contract, lease or on rental basis, to interested parties. "Despite the flexibility only one Finnish company approached us," Bhattarai said. He, however, informed that an Indian IT firm has recently submitted a letter of interest to take over the management of the Park. "We believe extension of the deadline will attract more national and international parties interested in running the Park," Bhattarai said. In a bid to develop ICT sector and promote export of software and other ICT related products and services, the government had built IT Park in Banepa at a cost of around Rs 220 million. Although the construction was completed in mid-May, 2004, the government has succeeded in wooing only one IT firm till date. The Dutch company, which earlier said that it would carry out its day to day work from the park premises beginning November 1, will start functioning from next week. Built on around 12 hectares of land, around 30 kilometers east of Kathmandu, the park, houses a business block, an administrative block and a residential block. The park comprises high speed data connection facility, fiber optic connection and has a 300KVA generator for power backup. Besides, local and multinational firms are also allowed to build their own infrastructure in the park premises.