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15/05/22 16:46 PM IST

GatiShakti Sanchar” Portal

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  • In line with the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister for Communications, Electronics & IT and Railways, has launched the “GatiShakti Sanchar” portal for Centralised Right of Way (RoW) approvals (www.sugamsanchar.gov.in).
About Portal 
  • The portal has been developed keeping in view the vision areas of the National Broadband Mission at the core, which are, providing broadband infrastructure as a core utility to every citizen, Governance and services on demand and in particular, digital empowerment of the citizens of our country.
  • The portal shall act as an enabler to the objective of “Ease of doing business” for telecommunications infrastructure works in accordance with the vision of Hon’ble Prime Minister.
  • The portal, has been developed by MP state Electronics Development Corporation on behalf of DoT.
  • The timely disposal of RoW applications of various Service and Infrastructure providers shall enable speedy infrastructure creation which would be an enabler for timely rollout of 5G Network also. 
  • The portal will enable applicants form various Telecom Service providers (TSPs) as well as Infrastructure providers (IPs) to apply at a common single portal for Right of Way permissions to lay down Optical Fibre Cable and for erecting mobile towers to State/UT Governments and local bodies.
National Broadband Mission 
  • NBM was set up by the Department of Telecommunication (DoT) on December 17, 2019;
  • to facilitate universal and equitable access to broadband services across the country, especially in rural and remote areas.
  • To fulfil this vision, it is imperative that a backbone of infrastructure is created by  facilitating smooth and efficient deployment of Digital Communications Infrastructure across the country. 
  • To ensure that, DoT, is launching the “GatiShakti Sanchar” portal.
  • This will provide a robust mechanism to achieve the goal of “Broadband for All” as envisaged in the National Digital Communication Policy-2.
Benefits 
  • Fast laying of more Optical Fiber Cable and thus will accelerate fiberization
  • Increased tower density which will enhance connectivity and improve the quality of various telecom services
  •  Increased fiberization of telecom towers, thus ensuring better Broadband speed, across the country
Source-PIB 

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