TANFINET signs agreement for BharatNet’s C, D packages, aims to provide connectivity to 6,400 villages
The Hindu
A master service agreement for the implementation of the two packages in TN was signed on Wednesday, in the presence of the State IT Minister
Tamil Nadu FibreNet Corporation Limited (TANFINET) signed a Master Service Agreement for the implementation of BharatNet Project’s two packages in the State, with L&T, ITI Ltd. and BECIL, in the presence of Minister for Information Technology T. Mano Thangaraj in Chennai on Wednesday.
TANFINET, a special purpose vehicle, is implementing the BharatNet project in the State at a sanctioned cost of ₹1,815.32 crore and aims to provide 1 Gbps bandwidth connectivity to all village panchayats in the State. The ‘C’ and ‘D’ packages of the project aim to provide 1 Gbps bandwidth connectivity to over 6,400 village panchayats in 19 districts across the State.

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