C’garh to have 699 new mobile towers

A total of 699 towers for 4G based mobile services will be installed in aspirational districts of Chhattisgarh funded by Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF).

The Union cabinet on Wednesday gave approval for mobile services in uncovered villages of the aspirational districts across Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Odisha, an official communication said.

The project will be completed within 18 months after the signing of the agreement and is likely to be completed by November 23.

As per the project, the towers will come up in Bastar (71), Bijapur (176), Dakshin Bastar Dantewada (85), Korba (20), Mahasamund (7), Narayanpur (171), Rajnandgaon (57) and Uttar Bastar Kanker districts (112).

The project envisages to enhance digital connectivity useful for self-reliance, facilitate learning, dissemination of information and knowledge, skill upgradation and development, disaster management, e-Governance initiatives, establishment of enterprises and e-commerce facilities, provision of adequate support to educational institutes for knowledge sharing and availability of job opportunity and fulfilling the vision of Digital India.