Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Durga Shankar Mishra on Tuesday asked concerned officials to remove bottlenecks coming in the way of laying high-speed broadband networks in villages. He was presiding over the UP State Broadband Committee’s meeting. He said availability of quality broadband services in villages is a must for faster social and economic development.
“There is a need to step up action with regard to erecting towers, laying optical fibre cables, issuing various no objection certificates and making land allotments,” he told the officials.
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Mishra said the government had decided to provide a public Wi-Fi access point in every village panchayat with a view to promoting e-governance in villages. The launch of 5G mobile services, he said, would bring about a big change in the country and the state.
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