Satellite Phones To Villagers In Zones Alongside China,Nepal

Satellite phones to villagers in zones alongside China, Nepal Outskirt In the midst of system inconvenience. The Pithoragarh Administration has chosen to give satellite telephones to 49-Gram Pradhans in zones along the China and Nepal outskirt bordering the locale in Uttarakhand which have poor telephone network.

The State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) has given these telephones to the regional organization for the villager’s utilization. Huge numbers of them rely upon Nepalese SIM cards, as telecoms, including state-run BSNL, have not set up towers here because of the unpleasant territory.

Locale Officer of Pithorogarh Vijay Kumar Jogdande said in the report that among the 49 towns, 34 are from Dharchula tehsil and the rest are from Munsyari. He included that 19 satellite telephones were given to the gram pradhans of Byas and Darma territories of Dharchula on Friday. As indicated by him, the remainder of the telephones will likewise be given soon.

Jordan said that 15 Gram Pradhans in Munsyari will be given the satellite telephones by Sunday, including that the telephone charges are Rs 12 every moment. One SMS will likewise cost Rs 12. For global calls, villagers will be charged Rs 260 minutes and a similar sum for one SMS, the DM said. The satellite telephones have been given to towns in the Byas, Chaudas, and Darma valley of Dharchula and Malla Johar valley of Munsyari, media reports.

Salu Datal from the Datu Town sketched out how residents were anxious to utilize the satellite telephones in the midst of their typical correspondence issues. Datal said he would prefer to utilize his own nation’s correspondence arrange; numerous individuals in Dharchula have been utilizing Nepalese SIM cards. In any case, he stated, these are expensive.

Be that as it may, the expense of the satellite telephones gave still stands as a worry for some residents, as 14-gram pradhans of Byas, Darma, and Chaudas regions, in an update to CM Trivendra Rawat, mentioned him to lessen the telephone rates, on Friday. Hayat Singh, a gram pradhan said they had asked Rawat to keep the call rate at Rs 2 for an active call and free for an approaching one, including that the current rates were high for poor locals.