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Centre to install nearly 4,000 telecom towers in Odisha: Vaishnaw

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw briefing media on the cabinet decisions, in New Delhi. File (Source: The Hindu)

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on February 6 said around 4,000 mobile towers will be installed across Odisha to ensure that villages get access to internet connectivity.

“As many as 6,000 villages in the State remain out of mobile network due to lack of towers… Therefore, to provide net connectivity to all the villages in the State, it has been decided to install 3,933 mobile towers,” said the Union Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronics & Information Technology.

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