Darshan Hiranandani, CEO of Hiranandani Group, has praised the policies, environment and working style of the new Uttar Pradesh led by Yogi Adityanath at a conference.
Sharing his personal experience with industry colleagues during a road show in Mumbai on Thursday, he said: “We have recently set up a world-class data center park in Greater Noida. The idea of this project came in August 2020 during the Covid period and our conversation started with the Government of Uttar Pradesh.”
“In the midst of Covid,” he continued “we applied for the project in September, we were allotted land in October and in December, Chief Minister Yogi laid the foundation stone of the project. The necessary clearance for the project was received in January 2021 and the construction of the data center began in March 2021 while on October 31, it was also inaugurated.”
According to him, this was the first time in the history of Hiranandani Group when such a huge project was completed in just 24 months with completely virtual process.
Amid thunderous applause in the auditorium, the billionaire businessman said that he had asked his father about the law and order issue, but “the assurance came from Yogiji that in UP either the goons are in jail or out of the state.”
“By the end of this year, we would have invested Rs 6,500 crore in this data center park and till date there has been no problem from anywhere”, he remarked.
Citing Chief Minister Yogi’s vision as an example for sustainable and inclusive development, CII President and Bajaj Finserv Limited Chairman Sanjeev Bajaj said: “If today we are industry partners of the Uttar Pradesh Government for UP Global Investors Summit, it’s because we want it to happen. We are so impressed with the thinking, vision and methodology of Chief Minister Yogi that we ourselves proposed to be a part of the summit.”