Bring Tulail under cellular network: CM

Tribune News Service

Jammu, November 10

Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has impressed upon Union Minister for Communications Manoj Sinha to take measures for bringing Tulail village of the Gurez valley under the cellular coverage area.

In her communication to the Union Minister, the Chief Minister stressed on the locational disadvantage of the area, which is far away even from Gurez and generally remains cut off for most of the year.

Mehbooba has urged the Union Minister to direct the BSNL and private cellular mobile companies to take measures on priority to bring Tulail village on the mobile network of the country, which would ease the residents of the village from many inconveniences.

During her recent public outreach programme in Gurez, a large number of people had met the Chief Minister and requested extension of the mobile network to the area to ease many of their difficulties. The Chief Minister had assured them that she would take up the matter with Central government.

Meanwhile, the Chief Minister, in a separate communication to Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Zubin Irani, has sought her intervention in the problems being faced by local producers and content providers of DD Kashir due to stoppage of commissioning of programmes and putting stringent conditions in the fresh notification, which is detrimental to their prospective.

In her letter, the Chief Minister said DD Kashir was launched to provide a platform to local artists and programme producers to showcase their talent, besides promoting the local languages and cultures of the state.