Broadband Services To All Panchayats In AP

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh FiberNet Managing Director, K Dinesh Kumar informed the Digital Bharat Nidhi officials that broadband services will be provided to all the gram panchayats in the state by the end of March. A review meeting was held at the BSNL main office in Vijayawada regarding the pro-gress of the BharatNet-2 project, which is being implemented with funds from the Digital Bharat Nidhi.

Speaking at the meeting, Dinesh Kumar explained the progress of the BharatNet project in the State. He mentioned that the goal of the State Government is to provide broadband services to all gram panchayats in Andhra Pradesh by March 2025, and the work is being carried out at an accelerated pace. He added that broadband connectivity has already been provided to over 15,000 sub scribers under the BharatNet scheme through FiberNet.

By the end of March next year, broadband connectivity will be extended to an additional 11,254 panchayats. He also emphasized that Andhra Pradesh is the only State in the country where broadband services are being provided to all panchayats under the BharatNet-2 project.