visakhapatnam as many as six important projects relating to information technology and electronics are yet to take off in the port city even though vizag has the largest share of it exports in andhra pradesh projects including construction of a signature tower at rushikonda it hills development of an incubation centre jointly by software technology parks of india stpo and visakhapatnam urban development authority vuda development of electronic manufacturing cluster at pendurthi software test quality centre stqc and centre for development of advance computing cdac and it layout at kapuluppada have remained only on paper said it industry representatives in the cityaccording to sources in the andhra pradesh industrial infrastructure corporation apiic the state government is now mulling whether to develop kapuluppada it layout in a phased manner or develop the entire area of around 700 acres in one go to provide land for a major infrastructure development firm the project which was mooted nearly oneandhalfyear ago hasnt taken off despite state it department officials claiming that several it companies have expressed interest to set up shop in the cityat the same time the signature tower project which was expected to provide around 20 lakh sft builtup space for it companies in two phases has also hit the wall sources said with no developers coming forward to construct the tower under the public private partnership model the project is yet to receive nod from the government this even after land for the project having been earmarked at rushikonda the signature tower is estimated to cost around rs 380 crorealso apiic sources said with no strategic partner coming forward for the electronic manufacturing cluster the project is yet to receive the loan from the central government the expression of interest was called for the project but as there is no strategic partner the loan for the project has not been released by the central government said an apiic officialmeanwhile the vizag development council in a representation to the chief secretary recently said development of cdac and stqc can be taken up from the centre once the formal request is sent from the state government inprinciple oral approval was given at the time of establishment of sameer vdc said