JAMMU, SEPTEMBER 27: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today chaired a meeting of the State Broadband Committee of Jammu Kashmir at Civil Secretariat Jammu.
Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) IT, Dheeraj Gupta, Principal Secretary, PDD, H. Rajesh Prasad, Commissioner Secretary, H&UDD, Mandeep Kaur; Secretary, PWD, Bhupinder Kumar, CGM BSNL, Saurabh Tyagi and other concerned officers of allied departments attended the meeting.
The ACS and other senior officers briefed the meeting about the working of SBC and action taken to properly implement the project in letter and spirit.
The meeting discussed various issues including State RoW portal issues, RoW clearance, the 4G saturation project being executed by BSNL, the 5G saturation plan, Call Before U Dig (CBUD), the Composite billing scheme, and other matters.
While taking a comprehensive review of the ongoing broadband mission, the Chief Secretary detailed the objectives of the project.
The Chief Secretary asked the concerned officers and agency to expedite the process to clear all requisite formalities to complete the broadband mission timely in every designated area of the UT. He assured the telecom company of full cooperation and all possible assistance on the part of the UT government for the execution of its programs.
He asked for carrying out the joint survey by the RDD and BSNL to assess the readiness of all the Panchayats for installation of OFC and functionality for VSATs provided earlier.
In a presentation, the BSNL gave an overview of detailed performances made by the company regarding the works undertaken under the broadband mission.
It was also apprised that the objective of the mission is to bridge the digital divide for empowerment, and inclusion of all besides providing affordable and universal access to broadband to the shadow areas of the UT.
