RAJOURI, FEBRUARY 03: District Development Commissioner Rajouri, Vikas Kundal today asked for covering all the shadow areas of the district with mobile connectivity besides strengthening existing communication infrastructure to ensure better and quality services to the public.
He said this while chairing a meeting of the District Telecom Committee members to discuss the issues related to telecom infrastructure and other connectivity related concerns.
Among the others, ADC Rajouri, Sachin Dev Singh; TDE BSNL, Chandan Singh; MSL JIO, Bhanu Pratap Singh; Sales Manager Airtel, Haqnawaz and Network Engineer, Ajay Bangotra.
Discussing the connectivity issues, the meeting was informed that there is an issue of network connectivity at Kalal area where JIO tower is already installed but currently on functional due to non availability of NoC from Army. DDC assured that he will take up the matter with the concerned authorities to resolve the issue.
The meeting was also informed that there are some shadow areas of the district where there is no mobile connectivity. He asked the concerned to take effective measures to cover these areas under mobile connectivity so that the public in these areas don’t face any difficulties.
Addressing the meeting, the DDC said that there is an urgent need to improve the connectivity in the border areas of the district to mitigate the sufferings of the public on this account. He said poor connectivity has become an impediment in the way of progress in these areas.
While taking note of performance of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited in the district, asked the concerned officer from BSNL to upgrade their system as per the need of the public.
The DDC also asked them to make the best use of existing infrastructure apart from creating additional infrastructure in the district to provide quality telecommunication services to the public.