WELCOME TO SRI CITY GOLF FACILITY
On 6th March 2021 , Sri City ,
inaugurated its Driving range .
His Excellency , Mr . Masayuki Taga , the Consul General of Japan in Chennai did the honors , in the presence of Mr . R . Veera Reddy , Principle Advisor , Industries Investments , GoAP , this writer and Mr . Ravi Sannareddy , the energetic and enigmatic , M . D of Sri City .
Sri City was founded in 2008 in one of India ’ s most backward districts , has now become one of the coveted business destinations in the country with total investments close to 4 billion USD and total exports exceeding 500 million USD till date . Located 55 km north of Chennai , Sri City boasts of seamless connectivity by road , air and sea ports .
Spread over 7500 acres ( with another 2500 acres acquired and ready to rumble ) , Sri City includes a multiproduct Special Economic Zone ( SEZ ), a Domestic Tariff Zone ( DTZ ), a Free Trade & Warehousing Zone ( FTWZ ) and an Electronics Manufacturing Cluster . Sri City is home to over 185 companies from 27 countries including multinationals like Kellogg ’ s , Isuzu , Mondelez , Pepsi , Alstom , Kobelco , Foxconn , Danieli etc .
The master plan of Sri City has included an 18-hole Golf course spread over 180 Acres , designed by renowned Australian architects .
Realizing the need for a driving range , the advisor to Sri City , Coast Guard IG , SP Sharma ( Retd ) conceptualized and created a 6-bay driving range in 10 acres of land , with salubrious surrounds . The facility is managed by DJS Golf , IGU ’ s delivery partner for its South Zone Junior Tour .
Ishwar Achanta
Hon . Treasurer , Indian Golf Union Director - Asia Pacifi c Golf Confederation
Some of you may be familiar with our long-term strategy plan titled “ Tee 20 ”. The long and short of that plan is to have half a million golfers , playing the game , in short time .
A targeted area is establishing pitch and putt facilities much like this one and we are extremely excited and gratified that Mr . Sanareddy has established this facility .
Sri City is unique in that , more than a dozen villages form part and parcel of the 10000 Acres . While , primarily , this facility will be used by the employees of the industries located within the SEZ / DTZ , it is envisaged that IGU will work closely with the Sri City management to bring in the younger villagers and teach them skill sets that they could use to make a living , through the game of Golf .
With Krea University and IIT on site as well , the IGU hopes that a regional NGAI and Golf University will also be set up , for which a blueprint is ready and shared with the R & A as well .
Our Hon PM , Modi ji has shown us the way to Aatmanirbhar Bharat .
Undoubtedly , establishing a facility such as this creates Employment and income
12 GolfPlus MARCH 2021