The government of Tamil Nadu inaugurated the commencement of work to lay the optical fibre cable (OFC) for the BharatNet project at an estimated cost of Rs 16.28 billion in the state.
The BharatNet project, approved by the central government, aims to provide a minimum scalable bandwidth of 1 Gbps to all the 12,525 village panchayats in the state. The implementation of the BharatNet project in the state is being carried out by the Tamil Nadu FibreNet Corporation Limited (TANFINET). The work has been divided into four packages – A, B, C and D and one system integrator for each package and Third Party Agency (TPA) has been selected.
Of late, TANFINET, under the state Information Technology and Digital Services department, entered into a Master Service Agreement (MSA) with Pace Digitek Infra Private Limited to implement the Package B of the BharatNet Phase II in Tamil Nadu.
Meanwhile, the districts Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, Vellore, Krishnagiri, Chengalpattu, Chennai (NOC), Ranipet, Tiruppathur and Tiruvannamalai fall under the Package A while the village panchayats in Villupuram, Erode, Perambalur, Ariyalur, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Kallakurichi, Salem and the Nilgiris would be covered under Package B.
Besides, Package C covers Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Pudukottai, Namakkal, Karur, Coimbatore, Tirupur, Tiruchirappalli, Mayiladuthurai districts while Package D comprises Kanyakumari, Madurai, Ramanathapuram, Theni, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli, Virudhunagar, Tenkasi, Dindigul and Sivaganga districts.
