“Fibre network of a length of about 1.5 lakh km would be laid under the project” Minister for IT and Industries K. Taraka Rama Rao on Friday said the vision of connecting villages with the rest of the world would be realised through ‘intintiki internet’ — the internet facility to every household programme — being undertaken by the Telangana government. First in IndiaOnce completed, Telangana would become the first State in the country to prove safe drinking water and internet facility to every household, taking citizen services closer to the people. Speaking at a workshop on the fibre grid project taken up as part of the programme, he said fibre network of a length of about 1.5 lakh km would be laid, along with drinking water grid pipelines.

Source: The Hindu July 23, 2016 00:26 UTC