Hyderabad, Aug. 6 -- Union Telecommunications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Wednesday, August 5, said that 10,833 Gram Panchayats are connected in Telangana under the BharatNet project as of June 30

He said approximately 10,022 villages in the state have mobile coverage, out of which 9,929 villages were covered with 4G or 5G connectivity. On the last day of June, 412 mobile towers were commissioned in Telangana under Digital Bharat Nidhi (DBN) funded projects, covering 493 villages.

The minister said that the Centre has approved the Telangana government's proposal to implement the Amended BharatNet Program (ABP).

"The BharatNet initiative has approved the provisions of broadband connectivity in a phased manner to all gram panchayats...