Five and half lakh villages get public telephone

NEW DELHI,INDIA: The Central Government has provided Village Public Telephones (VPTs) in about 54,700 uncovered villages under Bharat Nirman Programme through subsidy support from the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF).

With this, the State owned BSNL has provided telephones to five and half lakh villages across the country said an official press release. The telecom giant has also brought 30,500 villages under the reach of Broadband.

The target under Bharat Nirman is to provide subsidized public telephone facility to 66822 uncovered villages. Remaining VPTs are likely to be provided by the end of the current year.

The scheme covers all villages except those having population of less than 100, those lying in deep forests and those affected with insurgency, said officials. It is being carried out under agreements signed by DoT with BSNL in November 2004.

Provision of VPTs is included as one of activities under the Centre’s Bharat Nirman Programme.

About 5000 remotely located villages are being provided with VPT using satellite technology- Digital Satellite Phone Terminals (DSPTs). Some of the VPTs, which were initially proposed to be provided on DSPTs, are being delivered through the wireless coverage now available in these villages on account of network expansion.

Maximum numbers of villages covered so far under the scheme are from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.

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