Photo: Pradeep Gaur/MintGuwahati: Telecom minister Manoj Sinha on Tuesday said the centre is initiating projects worth Rs10,700 crore for improving telephone connectivity in north-east (NE) by December this year. Now, the department of telecom (DoT) has initiated projects worth Rs10,700 crore to complete these by December 2018,” Sinha said at a press conference. “As part of the initiatives, we are rolling out a comprehensive telecom development project at an estimated cost of Rs5,336.31 crore,” he said. The minister informed that 92,000 gram panchayats were connected in the last 18 months across the country in the first phase. “In the second phase, 1,50,000 gram panchayats will be connected by March 2019.

Source: Mint January 16, 2018 13:30 UTC