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.”