Phase two of Bharat Net, the famed government policy which aims to
connect Rural India to broadband internet, might be completed by late
this year, said Aruna Sundararajan, Secretary, Department of
Telecommunications today.
In a felicitation ceremony held today in New Delhi
at the completion of Bharat Net phase one, secretary Sundararajan also
pointed out how work has already started on phase two of the project in
some zones.
“This is truly marking the beginning of
wireless broadband and data in rural India and is a revolutionary step
in the Digital India movement,” said Ms. Sundararajan
Also
present during the ceremony, Manoj Sinha, Minister of State
(independent charge) for Communications said, “The project was in a slow
phase during its launch way back in 2011 but look at how we have come
so far, the first phase has already been completed and second is
scheduled to be completed by the year end.”
Senior
officers of Bharat Net project and others working in partner
organisations were felicitated during the ceremony. On behalf of BSNL,
CMD, Anupam Shrivastava took the certificate.