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KOLKATA: West Bengal Housing and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HIDCO) for the first time has introduced online application facility for booking of plots in Bengal Silicon Valley Tech Hub in New Town. A senior official of HIDCO said a company interested to book a plot can browse its website and tap on the Silicon Valley icon to get the details of the vacant plots along with the price. Three plots of one acre each and plots measuring 6.347 acre, 5 acre, 5.590 acre,.726 acre, .876 acre and a large plot of 21.752 acre are presently lying vacant. The Silicon Valley project was launched in August 2018 in Action Area II in New Town to attract investments in IT sector and to build a world class ecosystem for cutting edge technologies and innovation. Other major companies, which have taken land at the hub include Reliance Jio –that has taken 40 acre for setting up two international data centers— and TCS (20 acre)..