Fibre links of 3,809km set for 459 councils still offline
A National Assembly reply says the Universal Service Fund board cleared 25 telecom builds, most already awarded, to extend high-speed links into mauzas still cut off.
Rs30.8 billion in USF telecom builds will add about 3,809 km of fibre for 459 councils and towns still without service.
Officials expect the package to put roughly 2.8 million people online and to touch over 1,560 mauzas.
Twenty-five schemes won board approval; twenty-four are already awarded or under way.
Earlier USF fibre work finished 26 of 36 schemes, with more than 18,300 km laid at 1,089 sites.
Separate USF mobile builds have finished 99 of 116 schemes aimed at over 22,000 mauzas.