Arunachal Pradesh's Governor Lt Gen (Retd) Nirbhay Sharma asks BSNL to go for holistic planning

ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh Governor Lt Gen (Retd) Nirbhay Sharma today asked the BSNL authorities to go for holistic planning and implementation of programmes in the state to meet the challenges.

The governor advised the telecom service provider to ensure un-interrupted service in the state when BSNL chief general managers (Telecom) of North East circle I and II DP Singh and BC Nagaraju called on him at Raj Bhawan here this morning, an official communique informed.

Sharma pointed out that many places in the state are yet to have proper road and tele communication facilities and said, good telecommunication service would be a boon to the people, especially in disaster management and medical emergencies.

He advised them to have proper coordination with the state departments for speedy implementation of the projects.

Earlier, the officials apprised the governor on the challenges faced by telecom sector in the state, the communique added.