Aizawl -Kolkata BSNL direct connection in 2 months

Aizawl, April 23: A meeting was held under the leadership of Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla at his office yesterday over bettering Telecom Service in Mizoram.

D.P.Singh, CGM, NE-I Circle, BSNL, Shillong, Lalram Thanga, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, R.K.Gupta, Secretary (Power & Electricity) and C. Lalhmachhuana, Secretary (Information & Communication Technology), and other important officials attended the meeting.

Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla said that Mizoram can be the most progressing among the North East state in the field of IT and asked BSNL leaders to work for providing good mobile service in peripheral areas and Border Area.

IT helps a lot in the fight against Corruption for which various e-Governance projects are being carried out in the fastest possible manner, CM Hawla said. He mentioned how after tax collection has increased after Taxation Department introduced Online Tax Payment.
BSNL leader D.P. Singh on his part said that Aizawl -Kolkata BSNL direct connection, 10 Gbps, shall be ready within 2 months.

This will besides BSNL mobile service enhance Internet broadband service, he said.
A discussion on OPGW (Optical Fibre Ground Wire) Power line connection was also held to enhance better telecom service in all the districts of the state.