Vijayawada: AP Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday launched 300 4G mobile cell towers in remote tribal areas of Alluri Seetharama Raju and Parvatipuram Manyam districts, taking the number of towers in remote areas across the State to 400.
Launching the towers virtually from the Tadepalli camp office near here, he said the towers will provide communication facilities in remote areas where there is no connectivity so far.
Out of the 300 new towers, 246 are established in Alluri Seetharama Raju district while the rest are installed in Parvatipuram Manyam (44), Prakasam (4), Eluru (3), Srikakulam (2) and Kakinada (1) districts.
AirTel and Reliance Jio established 136 and 164 towers respectively. Nearly two lakh people belonging to 944 habitations will get communication facilities with the new towers, he said, adding that 42,000 people benefited from the 100 towers established earlier. These towers have been established with an expenditure of Rs.400 crore.
