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The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that each village across India will be connected with optical fibre cable (OFC) in the next 1000 days. Modi in his address on the occasion of 74th Independence Day highlighted that only 60 panchayats across India were connected with OFC prior to 2014. However, Modi said that nearly 1.5 lakh gram panchayats across the country have received OFC connectivity in the last five years. Modi said that it was essential that rural India is also connected under Digital India during these changing times.
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Modi Promises to Connect Villages Across India in 1000 Days
Modi said that the government will connect over six lakh villages across India with an optical fibre network.
“There is a surge in the demand of online facilities among the rural population,” Modi said in his Independence day address.
The prime minister said that “thousands and lakhs of kilometres” of OFC would be laid down across India connecting over six lakh villages.
“As the requirements have changed, so have our priorities,” Modi said. “We have decided that within 1000 days, we will complete the work of connecting over six lakhs villages with optical fibre.”
Ravi Shankar Prasad, minister for Electronics and IT, Communications said in a tweet on Saturday that the development is a “game changer” for the Digital India initiative.
Modi Announces OFC Connectivity to Lakshadweep
Modi also announced that Lakshadweep will also be connected with submarine optical fibre cable connectivity in the next 1000 days.
