PANGIN, Apr 25: Deputy Commissioner Siang District, Rahul Singh on Tuesday held a meeting with representatives from Bharti Airtel in Pangin where modalities for installation of Airtel towers in various areas of the district were chalked out and an agreement for installation of permanent tower in Pangin was signed.

The district in the past had to face innumerable hardships due to lack of proper communication and telecom facilities thus hampering administrative work causing inordinate delays and inconvenience for official procedures and also for the general public. Under the initiative of and due to relentless efforts by the Deputy Commissioner Rahul Singh along with the active cooperation of Airtel North-east Head ,Sameer Anjaria, Airtel Services using Coverage on Wheel (COW) facility as a temporary measure before the final installation of permanent towers was launched in Pangin earlier this January.

Apart from signing of the agreement, today's meeting focused on provision to launch Airtel Services in other left out areas of the District. It was informed that installation of towers has been completed and Airtel Services would be soon operationalized in Rumgong and Riga. The latitude-longitude Coordinate details of circles Rebo-Perging, Kebang and the remote border area of Payum were also shared. The North East head gave full assurance to promptly take up the matter.

With the launch of telecom services in these areas the whole district will be connected with the rest of the state. Currently telecom services are available only in Pangin, Boleng, Kaying and Pessing.

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Kenter Joya Riba

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