BSNL with its social responsibility is working to connect remote parts of the country. To connect the north eastern states with high speed broadband Union Ministry had made a project. The project, part of the Comprehensive Telecom Development Plan for the North-Eastern Region (NER) to connect all 7 states of north east India was approved by Union Cabinet in September 2014 and BSNL got it by April 2016. The whole project is being funded by the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF).
The project became a part of Digital India, a dream plan by PM Narendra Modi and it got rebranded as 'Ashtamangal' which includes 7 NE states (Assam, Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland) and Sikkim. BSNL Social Media posted a video on Ashtamangal project on January 19, 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1DbZLbG11s
The phase I of Ashta Mangal project was completed on 16th of July 2018 as connectivity has been provided from Kolkata to Guwahati (Assam) and to other Seven State Headquarters of the region (NE) Shillong, Aizwal, Agartala, Itanagar, Dimapur, Kohima, Imphal, Tezpur and Nagaon using optical fibre power ground wire (OPGW). Gangtok has been connected to Siliguri and Kolkata. The cost was Rs 100 cr. Bandwidth of this region is up-graded by additional 810 Gbps by this project. Out of the 11,970 gram panchayats in North East, 5858 were taken up in the first phase and 2281 gram panchayats are Service Ready.
The project of Ashtamangal also includes setting up 6994 towers to provide connectivity to 8621 villages and along the national highways at a cost of Rs 5336 crore.
The phase II of Ashta Mangal project, estimated cost of Rs 430 cr will connect District Headquarters, other cities and State Headquarters in North-East Region. The govt. of India wants the phase II to be completed by end of 2018.
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