Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the 2,313-km long Chennai-Port Blair submarine optical fibre internet connectivity project.
The project was started late in 2018, and aimed to connect seven island in the Andaman group, apart from the capital Port Blair, with high speed broadband.
To further improve the connectivity of the islands to the mainland, other projects such as increasing the capacity of Port Blair airport, apart from process of making new airports at Car Nicobar, Campbell Bay and Diglipur was also underway.
