Tawang, Nov 1: The Additional Secretary, Ministry of Communication VL Kantha Rao alongwith Dy.Director General, Universal Service Obligation fund(USOF) cum Jt.Secretary, Sunil Kumar Verma held a meeting with the telecom service providers--Airtel and BSNL in the conference hall of DC office Tawang. The meeting was also attended by Head of offices and representatives from army and para military forces.
Speaking on the occassion, Verma informed that the fund collected from telecom service providers under USOF is used to cater telecom services to the remote villages of the country. "This tour to Arunachal Pradesh is to physically inspect and ensure that the projects taken up in the state are being implemented properly," he said while disclosing that 1683 villages in Arunachal Pradesh state will be covered with 4G services by December 2023. 
He asked for support and cooperation from the state government, para military and armed forces to properly implement the projects and in identifying patch of land, movement of people,providing electricity connections to achieve the target of connecting all villages with 4G network by December 2023. 
Earlier the Addl Secretary visited some of the border outposts not connected with mobile network facility and interacted with personnel.
Deputy Commissioner, Tawang, Kesang Ngurup Damo in his welcome address gave brief information on the poor network connectivity of the district while during open discussion representatives of para military forces, NGOs and students union members also raised the poor network issue with the  service providers and the Addl Secretary.

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