Pingori village set to get its maiden cellphone tower thanks to law studentrsquos relentless effort

  • | Friday | 22nd February, 2019

Mobile connectivity will help the villagers,” said Shinde.Vasantrao Ganpat Shinde, upasarpanch, Pingori village, said, "The officials had come to the village and surveyed the area. However, after he wrote to the Prime Minister’s Office, he got a call from a private telecom company asking details about Pingori village. He told me about this village which has over 150 serving and retired military personnel but no cellphone connectivity. Then I got a call from a private cellular network operator asking me if I had raised a complaint. I gave them all the details, including the number of the deputy sarpanch,” said Phadtare.Shinde said that about 15 days ago, the private network operator started work to install a mobile tower in the village.

Pune: It was a chat with a fellow passenger on a state transport bus that prompted a second-year law student at DES Navalmal Firodia Law College to ensure that a small village in Purandar taluka gets its first cellphone tower.Dattatray Phadatare wrote to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) last year for a mobile tower in the village, but to no avail. However, after he wrote to the Prime Minister’s Office, he got a call from a private telecom company asking details about Pingori village. Currently, the work is on to install a mobile tower in the village.Phadatare hails from Chandwad and uses public transport to reach the Fergusson College campus.“During one of my travels, I met Nilesh Shinde who was working in Pune. He told me about this village which has over 150 serving and retired military personnel but no cellphone connectivity. I was really shocked to know that when we are speaking about digital India, there is a village with no cellular connectivity,” said Phadatare.Phadatare decided to do something for the village. “I first launched a complaint on Aaple Sarkar portal, the state’s grievance redressal portal, in November last year. I received a reply asking me to contact BSNL. In December last year, I raised a request with BSNL but to no avail. Finally, I complained to the PMO via the new app. Then I got a call from a private cellular network operator asking me if I had raised a complaint. I gave them all the details, including the number of the deputy sarpanch,” said Phadtare.Shinde said that about 15 days ago, the private network operator started work to install a mobile tower in the village. “There are about 1,200 residents, including youths, in the village. Mobile connectivity will help the villagers,” said Shinde.Vasantrao Ganpat Shinde, upasarpanch, Pingori village, said, "The officials had come to the village and surveyed the area. We have promised them land to build a tower.”

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