Union home minister P. Chidambaram
and telecom minister Kapil Sibal are likely to team up to push a
department of telecom proposal to set up over 2,000 mobile towers in
Naxalite-hit states that was struck down by the finance ministry.
BSNL Tower erection-Loggerheads. 13 06 12.
Pranab Mukherjee’s
finance ministry has objected to the contract being given to
state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and is insisting that a
tender be floated in accordance with government rules.
In a draft cabinet
note moved this April, the DoT proposed BSNL’s name for commissioning
and maintaining 2,199 mobile towers in nine Naxalite-affected states for
five years. The note, termed “premature” by the finance ministry, was
circulated to the Planning Commission and the home and rural development
ministries.
BSNL Tower erection-Loggerheads. 13 06 12.
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