Centre lauds T-FIBER implementation in Telangana, says Sridhar Babu
The Central Government has praised Telangana’s T-FIBER project, with IT Minister Sridhar Babu saying it is now a national model. The initiative provides high-speed broadband and has improved connectivity across villages and government institutions.
Hyderabad: IT Minister D Sridhar Babu said the Centre had appreciated the implementation of the T-FIBER project in Telangana.
Speaking during Question Hour in the Assembly on Thursday, he said the Central Government was treating Telangana’s T-FIBER rollout as a model for other States.
The T-FIBER initiative was launched during the previous Bharat Rashtra Samithi government to provide affordable high-speed broadband to households, government offices and businesses across the State. The project uses infrastructure created under Mission Bhagiratha. Optical fibre cables are being laid along water pipeline routes already mapped across Telangana. Around 43,000 km of underground fibre network is being developed as part of the project.
Sridhar Babu said union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia had appreciated the project, especially its last-mile internet connectivity in rural areas. He added that officials from several States were visiting Telangana to study its implementation. Amid his remarks, BRS Deputy Floor Leader T Harish Rao asked who had originally introduced the T-FIBER initiative.
However, the Minister continuing his explanation said in Andhra Pradesh due to commercialization of the initiative, the State was not achieving even 40 percent success. In Andhra Pradesh, optical fibre was being laid over the ground against the conventional practice. As a result, they were facing many challenges, the Minister said.
“Andhra Pradesh is not an example to us. Infact, Telangana stands as an example for entire nation,” Sridhar Babu said. The Minister added that internet connectivity had been extended to all Rythu Vedikas under the project. Around 4,000 government institutions, including the Secretariat, had also been shifted from private providers to T-FIBER services.
