Jammu, March 28: Union Telecom Secretary, Aruna Sundararajan, today chaired a meeting to review extending high-speed internet connectivity to Gram Panchayats in the State and the steps required for augmentation of the already existing infrastructure.
Advisors to Governor K.K Sharma and K. Skandan, Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam, Additional Union Secretary Telecommunication
Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam briefed the Union Secretary regarding the connectivity scenario in the State. He informed that there are 4483 GPs in 6553 villages across the state. The number of GPs to be covered in Phase-I through Optical
The meeting was told that as per the survey completed in August 2018 of the 6553 villages 749 villages were yet to get mobile connectivity.
It was informed that according to DoT, in Jammu and Kashmir presently 6210 villages have got mobile connectivity and 127 villages are yet to be covered.
It was further given out that in 5959 villages
Threadbare discussion was held on improving telecom connectivity to the Gram Panchayats, Border areas
Union Secretary also sought details regarding the challenges faced by the telecommunication service executing agencies and directed that the state government constitute a team to identify village in every Gram Panchayat for installation of
She added that the Government of India will also formulate a team who will work in close coordination with the state nodal team to resolve the issues regarding the installation of
She also stressed for formulating a telecommunication friendly telecom policy to address the core issues regarding Right of Work (ROW) installation of towers,
Advisor K.K Sharma said that the already existing power infra like towers and other allied things could also be used for the purpose of providing the requisite support material for telecom cable as well as
Addressing the meeting Advisor K. Skandan said that improved connectivity to the Gram Panchayats in the state for the provision of both bandwidth and dark
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