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“Today is not only important for millions of friends living in dozens of islands of Andaman and Nicobar, it is also important for the whole country,” PM Modi said.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the optical fiber cable project, which will connect Tamil Nadu’s Chennai and Port Blair in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, through a video conference.
He said that the submarine optical fiber cable (OFC) connecting Andaman and Nicobar to the rest of the country and the world is a symbol of the government’s commitment to ease of living pf the island’s people.
“Today is not only important for millions of friends living in dozens of islands of Andaman and Nicobar, it is also important for the whole country,” PM Modi said.
“The bigger the project was, the greater the challenges were.
This was also a reason that despite the need of this facility for years, it could not be work upon.
But I am happy that this work was completed, bypassing all the obstacles,” he added.
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