The Govt.’s investment is for improving the telecommunication network in the northeastern states and along the National Highways in the region.
January 18, 2018
The Union Minister of State for Telecommunications Manoj Sinha announced this while in Guwahati to review the implementation of BharatNet and other major telecom projects in the northeastern region.
“An amount of Rs 10,743 crore will be spent on different projects in the northeastern states to spread mobile network connectivity to different uncovered villages in the region. I hope that most of these projects will be completed by December 2018,” said Sinha.
He further said that under comprehensive telecom development project for NER, 6,673 towers are to be set up to provide connectivity to 8,621 villages and along the National Highways at a cost of Rs 5,336 crore.
