Ministry of Communications
Assessment of telecom connectivity in border villages of Kachchh district
Posted On:
22 JUN 2022 4:03PM by PIB Ahmedabad
From 20.06.2022 to 22.06.2022, team of Gujarat LSA Department of Telecommunications conducted on ground assessment of telecom connectivity in the following seven villages of Bhachau taluka in Kachchh district, as part of the “Vibrant Village Program“ (VVP) for concerted and coordinated action by all the ministries for the comprehensive development of the border villages :-
- Kharoda
- Kalyanpar
- Janan
- Ratanpar
- Gadhada
- Amarapar
- Ganeshpar
Hon’ble Prime Minister has directed about deputing senior officers from the Ministry/Department in the border villages for on the ground assessment of the challenges and socio-economic conditions of the people living in the border villages and to give a practical prescription for all-round development and mainstreaming of these villages. Based on the report of the officers, the Ministry/Department must incorporate in all their schemes, focussed activities for infrastructure development and promotion of the economic activities in the border villages.
Apart from the critical feedback from the villagers on the status and further requirements related to the telecom connectivity, the Gujarat LSA team studied and recorded the parameters and details of the serving 2G, 3G & 4G BTS(s) of the telecom service providers like backhaul, reliability & availability status of power supply, battery & generator backup, quality of service parameters, down time report with major reason(s) for outage etc, no. of working connections and data speed & receive coverage level at the central & periphery locations of the habitant. Apart from above, other telecom related status of spillage of international signals, Bharatnet broadband connectivity status at the Gram Panchayats (up-time, installation quality, PC availability etc.), feasibility of the public wi-fi under PM-Wani scheme etc. were also assessed.
The Gujarat LSA team also conducted a public awareness program on 22.06.2022 in the Janan gram panchayat on “Electromagnetic exposure from telecom towers and related public concerns” to break the false myths of the villagers regarding the health effects of radiation from mobile towers.
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