VISAKHAPATNAM: As many as 1,787 villages in Andhra Pradesh do not have mobile connectivity, as per the data of the Union ministry of communications that was provided in Parliament on Wednesday. This is despite giant leaps made by state in the digital revolution over the last several decades.
Of these 1,787 villages, more than 1,000 hamlets are located in Visakhapatnam tribal pockets alone, affecting e-governance initiatives, service delivery, disaster management, dissemination of information and knowledge, learning facilitation, skill upgradation and development, etc.
