The rural areas of Gurugram will get movable cellphone towers by this year, an announcement to this regard was made four years ago.
The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) has given permission to the network service provider companies to establish mobile towers on wheels.
The mobile towers will be especially installed in rural areas where people are facing network issues.
Municipal corporation in association with the telecom providers have launched a survey to identify the position of the mobile tower on wheels. The corporation officials are prodding service providers companies to provide free WiFi connectivity across the area.
Residents of Sohna, Pataudi and Farraukhnagar are facing numerous connectivity issues in the periphery of Gurugram. “ Using data service through mobile network is really vulnerable over here, after the demonetisation drive, our lifeline depends on online methods but due to low connectivity we are facing acute problem in our daily life” said Shyam a villager of Pataudi.
lack of internet connectivity had caused problems for the rural dwellers as their handsets often trip while transacting through net banking. “I received a payment debit message from my bank account and after some time that money has been debited despite the transaction being unsuccessful,” said Deepak Huda a villager.
Meanwhile, when contacted, Senior Town Planner of MCG Sudhir Chauhan told The Pioneer, “We are planning to provide hassle-free mobile networks to our rural citizens and we have received around dozens of applications from the service provider companies for deploying mobile cellphone towers”.
“We have attended a meeting with the companies and we are also giving them permission to install mobile towers on wheels,” senior town planner of MCG Sudhir Chauhan, said.