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Aiming at fast-track growth of digital communication infrastructure and universal access of broadband at every village, the Yogi Adityanath government, under the National Broadband Mission, has connected as many as 31,149 gram panchayats of the state with optical fiber.
To connect every village in the state with high-speed broadband connectivity, the Yogi government has set a target to connect 58,194 gram panchayats in 75 districts of the state with optical fiber by December 31, 2022.
As many as 14,100 gram panchayats will get internet connection in the next 60 days, according to an official spokesman.
Under this mission, launched by the Government of India, 50 lakh kilometres optical fiber is to be laid to ensure availability of high-speed broadband service in rural and remote areas of the state. In addition, the tower density is set to be increased from 0.42 to 1.0 per thousand populations so that access to government schemes in rural areas can be facilitated.
Earlier, due to poor connectivity or no internet connection, children were unable to attend online classes but now children of 31,149 gram panchayats will not face this problem.
On the instructions of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Chief Secretary RK Tiwari constituted a state-level Broadband Committee under his chairmanship. In its meeting, it was decided to run the mission in three phases. In the first phase, 17,903 gram panchayats in east UP and 10,481 gram panchayats in West UP were provided broadband access by December 31, 2020.
In the second phase, the target has been set by the officials of the IT and Electronics Department to provide internet access to 17,032 gram panchayats of east UP and 2,195 gram panchayats of West UP by March 31 (which will be extended to April 30).
After this, the third phase will begin.