GANGTOK, 17 May: Secretary, Department of Information Technology, KK Pradhan, chaired a meeting today to discuss the prevailing issues of telecom connectivity in North Sikkim, an official press release informs.
The meeting was attended by officers from various concerned line departments: R. Verma, Principal Director – IT; AB Rai, Additional Chief Engineer (North), Energy & Power Department; D Kharel, SE (EHV/SLDC) Energy & Power; T. Samdup, Joint Director, IT Department; SL Bhutia, DFO (T) North; ST Wangdi, Deputy Director, IT; and RP Sharma, ACF (Chungthang) Forest Department.
The meeting was also attended by Palzor Lachungpa of TAAS and representatives of Vodafone India headed by Lt. Col (retd) Sunirmal Patra, Head- Corporate Affair (East) Vodafone and Co-Founder of SourceN Inc. Karma Michung Bhutia.
The meeting highlighted issues faced by the public in North District with respect to telecommunication connectivity and services. Mr. Lachungpa articulated the challenges faced by the people of North Sikkim in terms of geography which is vulnerable to natural disasters such as landslides, flash floods, earthquake etc. as a result of which communication & essential service fail to reach the public. He also mentioned that the telecom service beyond Mangan was very poor and steps should be taken to improve telecom connectivity to places like Chungthang, Lachung, Lachen and other remote areas in the North district.
A brief presentation was given by Lt. Col Patra, Head- Corporate Affair (East) Vodafone, highlighting the blueprint of Vodafone’s connectivity in West Bengal and Sikkim and how they plan to provide telecom connectivity to North Sikkim. He mentioned support required from key Government organisations for OFC connectivity to meet the communication needs and to provide a reliable connectivity to North Sikkkim. Use of WiMax as an alternative to OFC’s was also discussed.
Issues regarding power supply, land for erecting cellular towers and the clarification on cellular tower radiation were also discussed.
The meeting concluded with a vote of thanks proposed by T. Samdup, Joint Director/ Information Technology Department.
The meeting was attended by officers from various concerned line departments: R. Verma, Principal Director – IT; AB Rai, Additional Chief Engineer (North), Energy & Power Department; D Kharel, SE (EHV/SLDC) Energy & Power; T. Samdup, Joint Director, IT Department; SL Bhutia, DFO (T) North; ST Wangdi, Deputy Director, IT; and RP Sharma, ACF (Chungthang) Forest Department.
The meeting was also attended by Palzor Lachungpa of TAAS and representatives of Vodafone India headed by Lt. Col (retd) Sunirmal Patra, Head- Corporate Affair (East) Vodafone and Co-Founder of SourceN Inc. Karma Michung Bhutia.
The meeting highlighted issues faced by the public in North District with respect to telecommunication connectivity and services. Mr. Lachungpa articulated the challenges faced by the people of North Sikkim in terms of geography which is vulnerable to natural disasters such as landslides, flash floods, earthquake etc. as a result of which communication & essential service fail to reach the public. He also mentioned that the telecom service beyond Mangan was very poor and steps should be taken to improve telecom connectivity to places like Chungthang, Lachung, Lachen and other remote areas in the North district.
A brief presentation was given by Lt. Col Patra, Head- Corporate Affair (East) Vodafone, highlighting the blueprint of Vodafone’s connectivity in West Bengal and Sikkim and how they plan to provide telecom connectivity to North Sikkim. He mentioned support required from key Government organisations for OFC connectivity to meet the communication needs and to provide a reliable connectivity to North Sikkkim. Use of WiMax as an alternative to OFC’s was also discussed.
Issues regarding power supply, land for erecting cellular towers and the clarification on cellular tower radiation were also discussed.
The meeting concluded with a vote of thanks proposed by T. Samdup, Joint Director/ Information Technology Department.
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