Over 350 mobile towers will be set up in Meghalaya to ensure that all villages come under mobile network. Meghalaya has 6,839 villages of which 1,164 villages are not covered by any mobile network.
BSNL has approved setting up of 352 mobile towers to ensure that the uncovered villages get coverage.
A senior BSNL Official had said that BSNL has approved setting up of 346 additional mobile towers in remote villages across Meghalaya besides six mobile towers along NH 42 and NH 51.
The Chief Secretary recently reviewed implementation of the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) scheme aimed at providing mobile internet services to 1,164 remote and uncovered villages in the north-eastern state at a cost of Rs 726.65 crore.
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