PM Modi inaugurates Optical Fibre Cable connecting Port Blair: What makes Andamans strategically crucial
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PM Modi inaugurates Optical Fibre Cable connecting Port Blair: What makes Andamans strategically crucial
In a major step towards boosting connectivity between the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the mainland, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the 2,312-kilometre Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) that connects Chennai and Port Blair.
“From Chennai to Port Blair, Port Blair to Little Andaman and Port Blair to Swaraj Dweep, this service has started in large part of Andaman Nicobar from today,” the PM said. KEY HIGHLIGHTS The Andaman and Nicobar group has 572 islands, of which 37 are inhabited The spread and location of the islands along the Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean make them crucial to India’s maritime security and larger strategic goalsCurrently, the Tri-Services Andaman and Nicobar Command is at the operational heart of India’s strategic and security interests in the Indian Ocean PM Modi had laid the foundation for the project, which will bring high-speed broadband to the islands, on 30 December 2018. While the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited executed the project, Telecommunicatio…
