New Delhi, Aug 10 (UNI) Describing the laying of submarine Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) as ‘a ‪momentous day’ for Andaman and Nicobar, the Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that this will provide high-speed telecom and broadband facilities to the Union Territory at par with metro cities.
“This mammoth project had enormous challenges but completed well before its timeline,” he said in a series of tweets.
The OFC will provide high-speed telecom and broadband facilities in Andaman and Nicobar at par with metro cities, the Home Minister said, “this will lead to great benefits like e-education, banking facilities, telemedicine and surge employment by providing a major boost to the tourism sector.”