Deputy Speaker Legislative Assembly, Nazir Ahmad Gurezi, has urged the concerned service providers to take requisite steps to improve mobile connectivity in inaccessible and hilly areas of Tehsil Gurez.
The Deputy Speaker was addressing a meeting held with the officers of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), JIO, Bharti Airtel to review the status of installation of towers and mobile connectivity today.
Detailed discussion was held on various issues related to installation of towers and laying of fiber cable. It was decided that the Baharti Airtel will make a request to BSNL for sharing tower from Bandipora to Dawar and Kazalwon. It was also decided that the Airtel will lay fiber cable from Dawar to Gujjran on sharing basis. Besides, from Bandipora to Dawar, BSNL will share Aritel and from Dawar onwards BSNL was requested that they will share their Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) from Damsite to Kanzalwon and Dawar with JIO.
The Deputy Speaker requested the management of JIO to extend their services in Dawar, Wanpora and Markote villages of Gurez. He also asked them to operate their services in Tulail, Kanzalwon and Neel villages of Tulail area.
The Deputy Speaker also asked the Airtel authorities to provide Intra Circle Roaming (ICR) facilities in these areas.
The meeting was attended by the general managers Bharti Airtel Limited, Sunil Wali and Ajay Khojoura, head infrastructure Reliance JIO Jammu, Sandeep Kotwal, assistant general manager BSNL, SDA and other officers.