Digital India: villages in Mysuru now have high-speed Internet

Mysuru is among the five districts in the State where gram panchayats have got 100 per cent optical cable connectivity under the National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN).

The Karnataka telecom circle of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) is commissioning the project, which ensures high-speed Internet in rural areas.

The project, launched under Digital India, aims to allow rural residents at speeds similar to their urban counterparts. The facility offers a bandwidth of 50 Mbps.

Leading the pack

Out of the 6,954 GPs already being serviced across the country under NOFN, 2,986 are in Karnataka — the highest of any State.

In addition to Mysuru, the four other districts in the State where the project has been fully commissioned are

·        Hassan,

·        Chamarajanagar,

·        Bengaluru North and

·         Udupi.

The Karnataka circle is expected to complete the NOFN project in all the 5,631 GPs by the end of September.

With the project’s implementation, rural users will be able to access government services without having to go to the town or district headquarters.

P. Nagaraju, chief general manager, Karnataka telecom circle, had said earlier that an additional 11,000 km of high-speed cables were being laid in addition to the existing 60,000 km route cables to enable Internet access in the GPs. The Karnataka circle serves 347 cities and towns and 21,992 villages in the State, with 13 lakh landline connections, five lakh broadband connections, 69 lakh mobile connections and 17,500 leased lines.

These connections include 23,712 numbers of high-speed Internet with optical fibre connectivity.

Source: The Hindu 

Click here to buy IAS prelims books from amazon