With just five days left for the March 31 deadline of second phase of digitisation in 38 cities, only 67 per cent target has been achieved.
As per the data received from the DTH operators and the MSOs a total of 108 lakh Set Top Boxes (STBs) have been installed in Phase-II cities against the target of 1.60 crore, registering overall achievement of over 67% digitisation.
As per the latest data regarding the progress achieved so far, four cities, namely, Hyderabad, Amritsar, Chandigarh and Allahabad, have achieved nearly 100% digitization while 8 cities viz. Jodhpur, Thane, Aurangabad, Jaipur, Pune, Faridabad, Nashik, and Ghaziabad 75% digitisation has been achieved.
Analysis of the data further reveals that out of 38 cities to be digitised in Phase-II, 28 cities have achieved more than 50% digitisation individually.
These cities are — ludhiana, Hyderabad, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Allahabad, Jodhpur, Thane, Aurangabad, Jaipur, Pune, Faridabad, Nashik, Ghaziabad, Meerut, Vadodara, Sholapur, Kanpur, Varanasi, Bangalore, Indore, Ranchi, lucknow, Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Ahmedabad, Surat, Bhopal and Howrah.